Metastasis: from dissemination to organ-specific colonization

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Genes that mediate breast cancer metastasis to lung

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MET amplification occurs with or without T790M mutations in EGFR mutant lung tumors with acquired resistance to gefitinib or erlotinib

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Integrative genomic analyses identify MITF as a lineage survival oncogene amplified in malignant melanoma

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Hypoxia-Induced Lysyl Oxidase Is a Critical Mediator of Bone Marrow Cell Recruitment to Form the Premetastatic Niche

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Carcinoma-produced factors activate myeloid cells through TLR2 to stimulate metastasis

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The S100A8-serum amyloid A3-TLR4 paracrine cascade establishes a pre-metastatic phase

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Targeted disruption of β1-integrin in a transgenic mouse model of human breast cancer reveals an essential role in mammary tumor induction

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Lung metastasis genes couple breast tumor size and metastatic spread

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Transcriptional switch of dormant tumors to fast-growing angiogenic phenotype

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Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

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Immunity, Inflammation, and Cancer

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Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression and metastasis

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