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metastatic inefficiency: a standalone construct

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metastaticinefficiency1 CONSTRUCTMetastatic inefficiencyLUZZI · ONCOLOGY

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the finding that only a tiny fraction of cancer cells that reach distant organs go on to form growing metastases, with most dying or staying dormant after extravasation.

In oncology, metastatic inefficiency refers to the finding that only a tiny fraction of cancer cells that reach distant organs go on to form growing metastases, with most dying or staying dormant after extravasation. This meaning comes from Luzzi (1998) in The American Journal of Pathology.[1]

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  1. Luzzi, K. J., MacDonald, I. C., Schmidt, E. E., Kerkvliet, N., Morris, V. L., Chambers, A. F., & Groom, A. C. (1998). Multistep Nature of Metastatic Inefficiency. The American Journal of Pathology, 153(3), 865-873. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65628-3

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