Biology, vulnerabilities and clinical applications of circulating tumour cells
In recent years, exceptional technological advances have enabled the identification and
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …
Hypoxia and the tumor microenvironment
Y Li, L Zhao, XF Li - Technology in cancer research & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Hypoxia is an important feature of the tumor microenvironment, and is closely associated
with cell proliferation, angiogenesis, metabolism and the tumor immune response. All these …
with cell proliferation, angiogenesis, metabolism and the tumor immune response. All these …
Defining the hallmarks of metastasis
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. The process involves a
complex interplay between intrinsic tumor cell properties as well as interactions between …
complex interplay between intrinsic tumor cell properties as well as interactions between …
[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer development and progression: Risk factors, cancer stem cells, signaling pathways, genomics, and molecular pathogenesis
Y Feng, M Spezia, S Huang, C Yuan, Z Zeng, L Zhang… - Genes & diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
As the most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide, breast cancer poses a
formidable public health challenge on a global scale. Breast cancer consists of a group of …
formidable public health challenge on a global scale. Breast cancer consists of a group of …
[HTML][HTML] Single-cell lineage tracing of metastatic cancer reveals selection of hybrid EMT states
The underpinnings of cancer metastasis remain poorly understood, in part due to a lack of
tools for probing their emergence at high resolution. Here we present macsGESTALT, an …
tools for probing their emergence at high resolution. Here we present macsGESTALT, an …
The immune contexture in cancer prognosis and treatment
Immunotherapy is currently the most rapidly advancing area of clinical oncology, and
provides the unprecedented opportunity to effectively treat, and even cure, several …
provides the unprecedented opportunity to effectively treat, and even cure, several …
Emerging biological principles of metastasis
AW Lambert, DR Pattabiraman, RA Weinberg - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Metastases account for the great majority of cancer-associated deaths, yet this complex
process remains the least understood aspect of cancer biology. As the body of research …
process remains the least understood aspect of cancer biology. As the body of research …
Metastatic colonization by circulating tumour cells
J Massagué, AC Obenauf - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Metastasis is the main cause of death in people with cancer. To colonize distant organs,
circulating tumour cells must overcome many obstacles through mechanisms that we are …
circulating tumour cells must overcome many obstacles through mechanisms that we are …
Multi-cancer analysis of clonality and the timing of systemic spread in paired primary tumors and metastases
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths, but the natural history, clonal
evolution and impact of treatment are poorly understood. We analyzed whole-exome …
evolution and impact of treatment are poorly understood. We analyzed whole-exome …
Microenvironment-induced PTEN loss by exosomal microRNA primes brain metastasis outgrowth
The development of life-threatening cancer metastases at distant organs requires
disseminated tumour cells' adaptation to, and co-evolution with, the drastically different …
disseminated tumour cells' adaptation to, and co-evolution with, the drastically different …