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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Main Authors: Zheng Hu, Christina Curtis
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f16f6aac5aca4154a348a190a268f2a7
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Summary: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.