Metastatic tumour cells often remain dormant for years. New findings suggest that endothelial cells lining blood vessels have a central role in regulating the transition from dormancy to metastatic growth.
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Erez, N. Angiogenic awakening. Nature 500, 37–38 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12459
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