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Because of format and space limitations, we could not cite all the relevant literature. This work was supported by grants from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Tumor Dormancy Program, NCI-CA109182, NCI-CA163131 and NYSTEM to J.A.A.-G and by US Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program grant 10904826 to M.S.S.
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Aguirre-Ghiso, J., Bragado, P. & Sosa, M. Metastasis Awakening: Targeting dormant cancer. Nat Med 19, 276–277 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3120
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