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tumor dormancy: a standalone construct

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Oncology

a state in which residual cancer cells persist undetected without growing for long periods before clinical relapse.

In oncology, tumor dormancy refers to a state in which residual cancer cells persist undetected without growing for long periods before clinical relapse. This meaning comes from Aguirre-Ghiso (2007) in Nature Reviews Cancer.[1]

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References

Aguirre-Ghiso, J. A. (2007). Models, mechanisms and clinical evidence for cancer dormancy. Nature Reviews Cancer, 7(11), 834-846. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc2256

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