Origins of Metastatic Traits Journal Article


Authors: Vanharanta, S.; Massague, J.
Article Title: Origins of Metastatic Traits
Abstract: How cancer cells acquire the competence to colonize distant organs remains a central question in cancer biology. Tumors can release large numbers of cancer cells into the circulation, but only a small proportion of these cells survive on infiltrating distant organs and even fewer form clinically meaningful metastases. During the past decade, many predictive gene signatures and specific mediators of metastasis have been identified, yet how cancer cells acquire these traits has remained obscure. Recent experimental work and high-resolution sequencing of human tissues have started to reveal the molecular and tumor evolutionary principles that underlie the emergence of metastatic traits. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Journal Title: Cancer Cell
Volume: 24
Issue: 4
ISSN: 1535-6108
Publisher: Cell Press  
Date Published: 2013-10-14
Start Page: 410
End Page: 421
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.09.007
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 24135279
PMCID: PMC3998120
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Notes: --- - "Export Date: 1 November 2013" - "CODEN: CCAEC" - "Source: Scopus"
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