Tumor cell invasion and angiogenesis in the central nervous system.

doi:10.1097/00001622-199709030-00002

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Tumor cell invasion and angiogenesis in the central nervous system.

Current opinion in oncology - 1 May 1997

Bjerkvig R, Lund-Johansen M, Edvardsen K

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Tumor cell growth and invasion within the CNS imply complex interactions among malignant cells, neural cells, and endothelial cells. Various in vitro assays have been developed to study tumor cell invasion that includes the use of cocultures between tumor spheroids and organotypic cultures of nor...

Topics

Biomechanical Phenomena
Cell Differentiation
Cell Division
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Disease Progression
Glioma
Humans
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Phenotype

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