Morphological evidence for an invasion-independent metastasis pathway exists in multiple human cancers

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We have previously described an alternative invasion-independent pathway of cancer metastasis in a murine mammary tumor model. This pathway is initiated by intravasation of tumor nests enveloped by endothelial cells of sinusoidal vas...

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Main Authors: Yoshida Sayaka, Hoshi Nobuo, Hashimoto Takeaki, Saito Atsuko, Ogura Go, Yamaguchi Tomiko, Sugino Takashi, Goodison Steve, Suzuki Toshimitsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/2/9