Looking backward in time to define the chronology of metastasis

Zheng Hu () and Christina Curtis ()
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Zheng Hu: Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Christina Curtis: Division of Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16995-y

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