Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cell. 2009 Dec 24;139(7):1226-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.12.013.
Circulating tumor cells are responsible for seeding metastatic growth at distant sites. Kim et al. (2009) now discover that circulating tumor cells can reinfiltrate tumors at their primary organs and promote tumor progression.
循环肿瘤细胞是远处转移灶生长的播种者。Kim 等人(2009 年)现在发现,循环肿瘤细胞可以重新浸润原发器官的肿瘤,并促进肿瘤进展。