Correlation between the levels of metastase-related serum markers abd the presence of circulating tumor cell in breast and prostate cancer patients
Abstract
Meeting abstract in "Advances in circulating tumour cells (ACTC) from basic research to clinical practice", page 27. The process of cancer metastases formation in closely related to the matrix metalloproteinses (MMPs).
MMPs are enzymes which are able to degrade extracellular matrix.