Surgical excision promotes tumor growth and metastasis by promoting expression of MMP-9 and VEGF in a breast cancer model

• Published in: Experimental Oncology
• Date: 2008
• Main Authors: Zhao, T., Xia, W.H., Zheng, M.Q., Lu, C.Q., Han, X., Sun, Y.J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2008
• Subjects: Uncategorized
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/139226
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Surgical excision promotes tumor growth and metastasis by promoting expression of MMP-9 and VEGF in a breast cancer model / T. Zhao, W.H. Xia, M.Q. Zheng, C.Q. Lu, X. Han, Y.J. Sun // Experimental Oncology. — 2008. — Т. 30, № 1. — С. 60–64. — Бібліогр.: 31 назв. — англ.

Surgery is still the main curative therapeutic modality for breast cancer. Although surgery often results in the successful removal of the primary tumor, its process could increase the risk of metastases of residual cancer cells. Understanding of the connection between breast cancer metastasis and s...