Recruitment of Circulating Breast Cancer Cells Is Stimulated by Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy (RT) is a localized therapy that is highly effective in killing primary tumor cells located within the field of the radiation beam. We present evidence that irradiation of breast tumors can attract migrating breast cancer cells. Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)...

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Main Authors: Marta Vilalta, Marjan Rafat, Amato J. Giaccia, Edward E. Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714004793