Just How Critical is Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) to Metastatic Dissemination?

Torre-Healy LA^{1

2}, Chia-Hsin Chan^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
² Medical Scientist Training Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
³ Stony Brook Medicine Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

Comment

Torre-Healy LA et al. J Pharmacol Clin Trials. 2019.

. 2019;1(1):8-10.

doi: 10.29199/jpct.101015.

Torre-Healy LA^{1

2}, Chia-Hsin Chan^{1

3}

¹ Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
² Medical Scientist Training Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
³ Stony Brook Medicine Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is not required for lung metastasis but contributes to chemoresistance.
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