Trauma-associated growth of suspected dormant micrometastasis

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients may harbor micrometastases that remain dormant, clinically undetectable during a variable period of time. A traumatic event or surgery may trigger the balance towards tumor growth as a result of associated angiogenesis, cytokine and growth factors release. CASE PRESENTATI...

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Main Authors: El Saghir, Nagi S, Elhajj, Ihab I, Geara, Fady B, Hourani, Mukbil H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2005
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1190165/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16080790
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-5-94
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