Never Travel Alone: The Crosstalk of Circulating Tumor Cells and the Blood Microenvironment

Commonly, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are described as source of metastasis in cancer patients. However, in this process cancer cells of the primary tumor site need to survive the physical and biological challenges in the blood stream before leaving the circulation to become the seed of a new met...

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Main Authors: Simon Heeke, Baharia Mograbi, Catherine Alix-Panabières, Paul Hofman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/8/7/714