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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |