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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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BioMed Central
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1190165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16080790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-5-94 |