Metastasis Research Society VII International Congress (Part I). 7-10 October 1998, San Diego, CA, USA.
The first part of the congress, which mainly dealt with fundamental aspects of cancer invasion and metastasis showed how we have progressed in the understanding of the processes involved in both. It also became clear that there are several interesting targets for chemical intervention, particularly the inhibition of angiogenesis (according to the ideas of Folkman) which now seems to be a promising direction in which to push the fight against tumor growth, be it primary tumors or metastases.
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Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, The Netherlands. cdinfo@cursci.co.uk
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