Combinations of cytostatic treatments and chemotherapies currently in clinical practice offer limited hope for patients whose cancers have spread. But increasing understanding of the processes underlying metastasis may one day provide other therapeutic options.
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Mack, G., Marshall, A. Lost in migration. Nat Biotechnol 28, 214–229 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0310-214
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