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Occurrence and significance of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer
15 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
By contrast with developmental epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), where epithelial characteristics undergo transformation to a mesenchymal-like phenotype in a coordinated fashion, oncogenic EMT occurs in the context of unpredictable genetic changes present in the tumour cells, as well as an abnormal tumour microenvironment. Therefore, a partial form of EMT has been proposed as variably participating in the...
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