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The Importance of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in the Pathogenesis of Head and Neck Cancers.
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2020
Raudenská Martina, Svobodová Markéta, Gumulec Jaromír, Falk Martin, Masařík Michal
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BACKGROUND: Despite progress in anticancer therapies, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has still a low survival rate. Recent studies have shown that tumour stroma may play an important role in the pathogenesis of this malignant disease. Fibroblasts are a major component of the tumour microenvironment and may significantly influence HNSCC progression as indicated by the contribution they make to...
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