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Transmissible cancer in marine bivalves: Implications for mode of cancer transmission
2017-02-10
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Cancer spread away from the primary tumour towards other parts of the body is what is most feared in cancer treatment, and is the leading cause of relapse for patients who are in remission after initial rounds of treatment with surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. Typically more aggressive than the primary tumour, secondary tumours developed through the process of metastasis are seeded by circulating tumour cells t...
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- b3b66493-513c-589e-9556-53da2c9c9304
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- 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2800v1