Does the mobilization of circulating tumour cells during cancer therapy cause metastasis?

Olga A Martin; Robin L Anderson; Kailash Narayan; Michael P MacManus

Journal article

Does the mobilization of circulating tumour cells during cancer therapy cause metastasis?

Olga A Martin, Robin L Anderson, Kailash Narayan, Michael P MacManus

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.128

University of Melbourne Researchers

Michael MacManus Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Kailash Narayan Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Olga Martin Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Robin Anderson Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

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Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Awarded by Peter MacCallurn Cancer Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

We are grateful to David Ball for fruitful discussions and his continuous support of our scientific initiatives, and to Bernhard Riedel for his critical reading of the manuscript. We thank Tim Akhurst for his assistance with Figure 3. O.A.M. and M.P.M. receive support from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant 1104139, and the Peter MacCallurn Cancer Foundation grant 1218. R.L.A. receives fellowship support from the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia.