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Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts and their Matrix.

During the last 20 years, it has become increasingly clear that the tumor micro-environment, the tumor stroma with its cellular end extracellular components, plays an crucial role in regulating tumor growth and progression. This book on 'Tumor-associated fibroblasts and their matrix' as pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mueller, Margareta M.
Other Authors: Fusenig, Norbert E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2011.
Series:Tumor Microenvironment, 4.
Subjects:
Fibroblasts.
Tumors > Growth.
Cancer cells.
Cancer > Diagnosis > Congresses.
Medicine.
Tumor antigens > Congresses.
Tumor markers > Congresses.
Tumors > Growth > Regulation.
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Medicine
Oncology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:During the last 20 years, it has become increasingly clear that the tumor micro-environment, the tumor stroma with its cellular end extracellular components, plays an crucial role in regulating tumor growth and progression. This book on 'Tumor-associated fibroblasts and their matrix' as part of the series on "Tumor-Microenvironment" is the first comprehensive discussion of these two main players of the tumor microenvironment. The best experts in this new area of tumor research and therapy review the role of these major components in the tumor stroma in the process of tumor developmen.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9400706596
9789400706590
DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-0659-0