The First Line of Intra-abdominal Metastatic Attack: Breaching the Mesothelial Cell Layer
Open Access
- 1 July 2011
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Discovery
- Vol. 1 (2) , 100-102
- https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-11-0117
Abstract
Iwanicki and colleagues reveal that ovarian cancer spheroids clear mesothelial cells which cover the surface of the abdominal cavity using myosin-generated force. Cancer Discovery; 1(2); 100–2. ©2011 AACR. Commentary on Iwanicki et al., p. 144This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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