Breast cancer dormancy can be maintained by small numbers of micrometastases.

Late relapse of breast cancer can occur more than 25 years after primary diagnosis. During the intervening years between initial treatment and relapse, occult cancers are maintained in an apparent state of dormancy that is poorly understood. In this study, we applied a probabilistic mathematical mod...

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Main Authors: Willis, L, Alarcón, T, Elia, G, Jones, J, Wright, N, Tomlinson, I, Graham, T, Page, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010