Breast cancer as a systemic disease: a view of metastasis

AJ Redig, SS McAllister - Journal of internal medicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer
death in women worldwide. Strategies targeting the primary tumour have markedly …

Metastatic heterogeneity of breast cancer: Molecular mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

Y Liang, H Zhang, X Song, Q Yang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among women throughout the world
and is the major cause of most cancer-related deaths. Several explanations account for the …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer metastasis: issues for the personalization of its prevention and treatment

N Marino, S Woditschka, LT Reed, J Nakayama… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite important progress in adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies, metastatic disease often
develops in breast cancer patients and remains the leading cause of their deaths. For …

Tumor microenvironment: driving forces and potential therapeutic targets for breast cancer metastasis

HY Xie, ZM Shao, DQ Li - Chinese journal of cancer, 2017 - Springer
Distant metastasis to specific target organs is responsible for over 90% of breast cancer-
related deaths, but the underlying molecular mechanism is unclear. Mounting evidence …

The breast tumor microenvironment: A key player in metastatic spread

LEL Terceiro, CA Edechi, NM Ikeogu, BE Nickel… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The spread of breast cancer to distant parts of the body (metastasis) is the
major cause of death in breast cancer patients. Research has shown that apart from the …

New insights into the mechanisms of organ-specific breast cancer metastasis

G Lorusso, C Rüegg - Seminars in cancer biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite the substantial advances obtained in the treatment of localized malignancies,
metastatic disease still lacks effective treatment and remains the primary cause of cancer …

Priming the 'soil'for breast cancer metastasis: the pre-metastatic niche

B Psaila, RN Kaplan, ER Port, D Lyden - Breast disease, 2007 - content.iospress.com
The long prevailing model of metastasis recognizes the importance of both “seed” and “soil”
for metastatic progression [1]. Much attention has focused on understanding the molecular …

Invasion and metastasis as a central hallmark of breast cancer

T Saha, J Solomon, AO Samson… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hanahan and Weinberg introduced the “hallmarks of cancer” and typified essential
biological abilities acquired by human cancer. Since then, a growing understanding of …

Molecular mechanisms of metastasis in breast cancer—clinical applications

M Mego, SA Mani, M Cristofanilli - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2010 - nature.com
The metastatic cascade is a series of biological processes that enable the movement of
tumor cells from the primary site to a distant location and the establishment of a new cancer …

Breast cancer metastasis: markers and models

B Weigelt, JL Peterse, LJ Van't Veer - Nature reviews cancer, 2005 - nature.com
Breast cancer starts as a local disease, but it can metastasize to the lymph nodes and distant
organs. At primary diagnosis, prognostic markers are used to assess whether the transition …