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Immunotherapy
"Adhesion Molecules As Targets for Cancer Therapy."
May 26th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Histology and Histopathology, "Adhesion molecules mediate cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and are essential for numerous physiological and pathological processes. Recent evidence from many laboratories suggests that adhesion molecules play an important role in tumor progression and may promote tumor growth and organ-specific metastasis. Certain adhesion molecules may also function as tumor suppressors. In this review, we describe current concepts concerning the role of the adhesion molecules in the pathogenesis of cancer and the development of therapeutic approaches which make use of this information. Hence, by...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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