Does the act of surgery provoke activation of "latent" metastases in early breast cancer?

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 160-161

  Baum, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Breast cancer; Latent metastases; Screening theory; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; TAMOXIFEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; STROMA CELL; WOUND HEALING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREMENOPAUSE; RESEARCH;

EID: 4344587086     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr902     Document Type: Article

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