title: Research Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of the Invasion and Metastasis of Lung Cancer.
abstract: The basic way of invasion and metastasis of lung cancer is that the tumor cells shed in the extracellular matrix, invade the basement membrane and the surrounding tissue, infiltrate into blood flow, and then survive and transport via the blood flow. After having been extravasated, migrated and arrested in the distant site, they finally form a metastatic lesion. Some basic mechanisms are required in these steps, such as tumor stem cells, diffusion and activity of tumor cells, escaping from apoptosis, angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis, infiltration into blood flow, circulation and exudation, and distant metastasis proliferation. A better understanding of the mechanisms of the invasion and metastasis of lung cancer will facilitate the prevention and treatment of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration,First Clinical Medical College,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310053,China.
authors.forename: Xian-zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration,First Clinical Medical College,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310053,China.
authors.forename: Li-ting
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration,First Clinical Medical College,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310053,China.
authors.forename: Wei-quan
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration,First Clinical Medical College,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310053,China.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiration,First Clinical Medical College,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310053,China.
authors.forename: Zhi-bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Lung Function,First Affiliated Hospital,Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University,Hangzhou 310006,China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic