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SUBMITTER: Jyotsana N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6656540 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jyotsana Nidhi N Zhang Zhenjiang Z Himmel Lauren E LE Yu Fang F King Michael R MR
Science advances 20190724 7
Surgical removal of the primary tumor is a common practice in breast cancer treatment. However, postsurgical metastasis poses an immense setback in cancer therapy. Considering that 90% of cancer-related deaths are due to metastasis, antimetastatic therapeutic strategies that can target disseminating tumor cells in the circulation before they can form secondary tumors hold preclinical and clinical potential for cancer patients. Our current work uses a liposomal formulation functionalized with the ...[more]