Metastasis is a complex, multi-step process by which primary tumor cells invade adjacent tissue, enter the systemic circulation (intravasate), translocate through the vasculature, arrest in distant capillaries, extravasate into the surrounding tissue (parenchyma), and finally proliferate from microscopic growths (micrometastases) into macroscopic secondary tumors
Metastasis is a complex, multi-step process by which primary tumor cells invade adjacent tissue, enter the systemic circulation (intravasate), translocate through the vasculature, arrest in distant capillaries, extravasate into the surrounding tissue (parenchyma), and finally proliferate from microscopic growths (micrometastases) into macroscopic secondary tumors.13 Recently, it has become evident that, in addition to alterations in […]