title: Metastasis: a therapeutic target for cancer.
abstract: Metastasis remains the major driver of mortality in patients with cancer. Our growing body of knowledge regarding this process provides the basis for the development of molecularly targeted therapeutics aimed at the tumor cell or its interaction with the host microenvironment. Here we discuss the similarity and differences between primary tumors and metastases, pathways controlling the colonization of a distant organ, and incorporation of antimetastatic therapies into clinical testing.
authors.affiliation: Women's Cancers Section, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. steegp@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Steeg
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theodorescu
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D018450:Disease Progression; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases