Looking backward in time to define the chronology of metastasis

Looking backward in time to define the chronology of metastasis

The timing of cancer metastasis has implications for treatment and prevention. Traditional forward-time views of metastasis assume it occurs late during evolution. However, looking backward in time reveals metastasis often occurs prior to clinical detection of primary tumors.

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Main Authors: Zheng Hu, Christina Curtis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16995-y
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