When dormancy fuels tumour relapse

Karla Santos-de-Frutos; Nabil Djouder

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02257-0

Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

When dormancy fuels tumour relapse

Karla Santos-de-Frutos,
Nabil Djouder

Affiliations

Karla Santos-de-Frutos: Molecular Oncology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
Nabil Djouder: Molecular Oncology Programme, Growth Factors, Nutrients and Cancer Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02257-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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In this review article, Karla Santos-de-Frutos and Nabil Djouder discuss the implication of dormant cancer cells in tumour relapse and the roles quiescent and senescent cells may play in this process.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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