title: Platelets alter tumor cell attributes to propel metastasis: programming in transit.
abstract: Metastasis of epithelial tumors critically depends on acquisition of a disseminating phenotype that allows tumor cells to colonize distant organs. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Labelle et al. demonstrate that an epithelial-mesenchymal-like transition can be induced by interaction between platelets and tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Laurie J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: Brunhilde
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Felding-Habermann