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Obesity promotes the expansion of metastasis-initiating cells in breast cancer

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a strong predictor of poor prognosis in breast cancer, especially in postmenopausal women. In particular, tumors in obese patients tend to seed more distant metastases, although the biology behind this observation remains poorly understood. METHODS: To elucidate the effects of...

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Autores principales: Bousquenaud, Mélanie, Fico, Flavia, Solinas, Giovanni, Rüegg, Curzio, Santamaria-Martínez, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30180888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-1029-4