Manipulating the tumor microenvironment to slow cancer growth

The tumor microenvironment encompasses all of the factors and accessory cells which interact with a tumor and, more often than not, are co-opted by tumor-secreted factors to help the cancer grow. In this thesis, we examined elements of the tumor microenvironment, specifically the cancer-promoting M2...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ho, Victor Wing Heng
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42239