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SUBMITTER: Naxerova K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5536201 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Naxerova Kamila K Reiter Johannes G JG Brachtel Elena E Lennerz Jochen K JK van de Wetering Marc M Rowan Andrew A Cai Tianxi T Clevers Hans H Swanton Charles C Nowak Martin A MA Elledge Stephen J SJ Jain Rakesh K RK
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20170701 6346
The spread of cancer cells from primary tumors to regional lymph nodes is often associated with reduced survival. One prevailing model to explain this association posits that fatal, distant metastases are seeded by lymph node metastases. This view provides a mechanistic basis for the TNM staging system and is the rationale for surgical resection of tumor-draining lymph nodes. Here we examine the evolutionary relationship between primary tumor, lymph node, and distant metastases in human colorect ...[more]