Deciphering mechanisms of brain metastasis in melanoma - the gist of the matter

Abstract Metastasis to distant organs and particularly the brain still represents the most serious obstacle in melanoma therapies. Melanoma cells acquire a phenotype to metastasize to the brain and successfully grow there through complex mechanisms determined by microenvironmental than rather geneti...

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Main Author: Torben Redmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12943-018-0854-5