Looking backward in time to define the chronology of metastasis.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32587245.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-16995-y and PMC identifier 7316862.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasms