[The metastatic process].

Article

[The metastatic process].

Bulletin du cancer - 1 Sept 1994

Desplaces A, Poupon M F

Abstract excerpt

All the malignant tumors possess the same characteristic to form distant secondary tumors or metastasis. The acquisition of the metastatic potential takes place in random accumulation of different genetic and cellular changes. Their combination allows one or several tumor cells to achieve the who...

Topics

Animals
Cell Communication
Cell Division
Growth Substances
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasms

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