description: This special issue of Invasion and Metastasis provides up-to-date information of many of the key research topics in the fields of tumor progression and analysis of the malignant phenotype. This attractive collection of critical overviews and original work covers areas where major efforts are being made in cancer genetic alterations and biological changes in multistage carcinogenesis; changes in cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion behavior; pertubations in the balance of proteolytic activities; activation and regulation of hormones, growth and angiongenic factors; and tumor stroma and organ specificity of metastasis-competent cells.
language: English
title: Invasion and Metastasis: News and Current Views
titlecomplete: Invasion and Metastasis: News and Current Views
publisher: S Karger Ag