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1Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Cancer Cell
|August 16, 2017
Abstract:
Whether metastasis-specific genetic alterations exist remains controversial. The study by Yates et al. in this issue of Cancer Cell provides evidence that metastases emerge late during primary breast cancer progression and that additional driver mutations are often acquired, posing both challenges and opportunities for precision treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
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