Cancer Metastasis and Target for Treatment

Authors

  • Putthaporn Kaewmeesri Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
  • Laddawan Senggunprai

Keywords:

metastasis, cancer treatment; metastatic cancer; targeted drug; cancer

Abstract

Metastasis is a process that cancer cells spread from a primary site to different parts of the body. It is the major cause of cancer death. The metastasis involved multiple sequential steps in which numerous biochemical molecules have been implicated in the process. Insight understanding the role of such molecular components is important for metastasis prevention and inhibition. To produce clinically effective therapeutic outcomes, several compounds targeting metastasis processes have been developed and are currently under study in various phases of clinical testing for treatment of metastatic cancers, in expectation, further reduce cancer mortality rate.

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Published

2019-04-01

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Kaewmeesri P, Senggunprai L. Cancer Metastasis and Target for Treatment. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];34(2):211-6. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/181377

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