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Abstract
Summary: Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are the source of metastases, but only an infinitesimal fraction of them eventually succeed in colonizing a distant organ. New results show that CD44-dependent aggregation in the circulation provides CTCs with cancer stem cell–like characteristics, suggesting an explanation for the low metastatic efficiency of CTCs, but also avenues for therapeutic intervention.
See related article by Liu et al., p. 96.
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January 2019
Volume 9, Issue 1
Volume 9, Issue 1
Circulating Tumor Cells: Come Together, Right Now, Over Metastasis
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