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Dormant metastases—Studies in experimental animals
Author(s) -
Alexander Peter
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711410314
Subject(s) - dormancy , biology , pathology , host (biology) , medicine , ecology , botany , germination
Several experimental systems related to tumour cell dormancy are outlined together with some of the possible mechanisms by which the host might maintain tumour foci in such a quiescent state.