Naslov
Metastasis - recent scientific insights and challenging new therapeutic approaches

Autori
Deželjin, Martina ; Herak Bosnar, Maja

Izvornik
Periodicum biologorum (0031-5362) 114 (2012), 4; 453-459

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
metastasis ; epithelial-mesenchymal transition ; cancer stem cells ; metastasis suppressor genes ; dormancy

Sažetak
Majority of cancer patients never die from the original disease – primary tumor - but from the metastasis that disseminate throughout the body. Although they disseminate in millions actually few of them succeeded in their journey and achieve their main goal – form a distant metastatic colony which is able to thrive in an inhospitable environment of an unrelated tissue. This review will summarize in brief some of the recent advances in cancer invasion and metastasis investigations and possibilities in using these findings for the benefit of cancer patients.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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