Non-haematological solid tumours as surrogate granulocytes: A possible mechanism for metastatic spread

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 625-628

  Butler, P C ^a   Potter, G A ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL SPREADING; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLAMMATION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 0034980894     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1177     Document Type: Article

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