Platelets, immune cells and the coagulation cascade; friend or foe of the circulating tumour cell?
Abstract Cancer cells that transit from primary tumours into the circulatory system are known as circulating tumour cells (CTCs). These cancer cells have unique phenotypic and genotypic characteristics which allow them to survive within the circulation, subsequently extravasate and metastasise. CTCs...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | Molecular Cancer |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-021-01347-1 |