Progression metastasis

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Tumor Progression, Metastasis, and Their Therapeutic Targets... 

Keywords Nitric oxide Nitric oxide synthase Cancer biology Cancer progression Metastasis Apoptosis Cell cycle Proliferation Chemoprevention Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Immunotherapy Animal experiment Clinical trial... 

Metastatic breast cancer is not curable, and therapy is intended to palliate symptoms. In most cases, hormonal therapy is the mainstay. While on therapy, patients are monitored monthly for signs of disease progression or metastasis to common sites, such as the bones, brain, or liver. 

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Tumor-educated macrophages. (From Pollard, J.W., Tumor-educated macrophages promote tumor progression and metastasis, Nat. Rev. Cancer, 4, 71-74, 2004. Copyright year 2004, Macmillan Magazines Ltd and the author. Reproduced with permission from Macmillan.)... 

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