title: [Tumor metastasis and growth factors].
abstract: Massive investigations are being carried out on growth factors. Growth factors are an important determinant for the formation of successive tumor metastasis at target organs. We review the findings, including our data, of growth factors in relation to tumor metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Tokyo, Japan.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D013002:Somatomedins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor