title: The tumor microenvironment: the connective tissue/tumor cell/host organ system that modulates tumor progression.
authors.affiliation: a Guest Editor of this Special Issue, Associate Editor, Connective Tissue Research.
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Stetler-Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D059016:Tumor Microenvironment / Q000502:physiology*