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Nature Medicine 12, 887-888 (1 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/nm0806-887;

Stopping cancer before it colonizes

Carrie W Rinker-Schaeffer & Jonathan A Hickson

Primary tumor formation and metastasis are distinct processes. For instance, cancer cells can express metastasis suppressors that block cell proliferation at secondary or metastatic sites yet permit cell proliferation at primary sites.

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