Effects of radiation on the metastatic process

Abstract Radiotherapy remains one of the corner stones in the treatment of various malignancies and often leads to an improvement in overall survival. Nonetheless, pre-clinical evidence indicates that radiation can entail pro-metastatic effects via multiple pathways. Via direct actions on cancer cel...

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Main Authors: Nora Sundahl, Fréderic Duprez, Piet Ost, Wilfried De Neve, Marc Mareel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Molecular Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10020-018-0015-8