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Review
. 2003 Sep;4(3):167-74.
doi: 10.1016/s1535-6108(03)00216-2.

Cell signaling and cancer

G Steven Martin  1
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Review

Cell signaling and cancer

G Steven Martin. Cancer Cell. 2003 Sep.
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Abstract

During the course of tumor progression, cancer cells acquire a number of characteristic alterations. These include the capacities to proliferate independently of exogenous growth-promoting or growth-inhibitory signals, to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize to distant sites, to elicit an angiogenic response, and to evade mechanisms that limit cell proliferation, such as apoptosis and replicative senescence. These properties reflect alterations in the cellular signaling pathways that in normal cells control cell proliferation, motility, and survival. Many of the proteins currently under investigation as possible targets for cancer therapy are signaling proteins that are components of these pathways. The nature of these signaling pathways and their roles in tumorigenesis were the subject of a recent Beatson International Cancer Conference.

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