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Systemic cancer and the metastatic process
Author(s) -
Clark R. Lee
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197903)43:3<790::aid-cncr2820430303>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , metastasis , cancer metastasis , chemotherapy , oncology , pathology
Various known and presumed characteristics of malignant cells that permit metastasis and factors that contribute to the establishment of secondary tumor foci are reviewed. The potential for therapeutic control with and the limitations of chemotherapy are discussed briefly. Cancer 43:790–797, 1979.