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SUBMITTER: Singh DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8234151 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Deepak K DK Patel Vaibhav G VG Oh William K WK Aguirre-Ghiso Julio A JA
Journal of clinical medicine 20210616 12
Prostate cancer has a variable clinical course, ranging from curable local disease to lethal metastatic spread. Eradicating metastatic cells is a unique challenge that is rarely met with the available therapies. Thus, targeting prostate cancer cells in earlier disease states is a crucial window of opportunity. Interestingly, cancer cells migrate from their primary site during pre-cancerous and malignant phases to seed secondary organs. These cells, known as disseminated cancer cells (DCCs), may ...[more]