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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2020-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16995-y |