The host microenvironment influences prostate cancer invasion, systemic spread, bone colonization, and osteoblastic metastasis

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death in men worldwide. Most PCa patients die with osteoblastic bone metastases. What triggers PCa metastasis to the bone and what causes osteoblastic lesions remain unanswered. A major contributor to PCa metastasis is the host microenviro...

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Main Authors: Sourik S Ganguly, Xiaohong eLi, Cindy K Miranti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
EMT
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00364/full