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SUBMITTER: Quiroz-Reyes AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830403 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quiroz-Reyes Adriana G AG Islas Jose F JF Delgado-Gonzalez Paulina P Franco-Villarreal Hector H Garza-Treviño Elsa N EN
Pharmaceutics 20210114 1
Metastasis is the process of dissemination of a tumor, whereby cells from the primary site dislodge and find their way to other tissues where secondary tumors establish. Metastasis is the primary cause of death related to cancer. This process warrants changes in original tumoral cells and their microenvironment to establish a metastatic niche. Traditionally, cancer therapy has focused on metastasis prevention by systematic treatments or direct surgical re-sectioning. However, metastasis can stil ...[more]