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Tumor-associated stromal cells as key contributors to the tumor microenvironment.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 11 Aug 2016
Bussard Karen M, Mutkus Lysette, Stumpf Kristina, Gomez-Manzano Candelaria, Marini Frank C
Abstract excerpt
The tumor microenvironment is a heterogeneous population of cells consisting of the tumor bulk plus supporting cells. It is becoming increasingly evident that these supporting cells are recruited by cancer cells from nearby endogenous host stroma and promote events such as tumor angiogenesis, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis, as well as mediate mechanisms of therapeutic resistance. In addition, recruited...
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