Cellular and molecular processes in ovarian cancer metastasis. A Review in the Theme: Cell and Molecular Processes in Cancer Metastasis.

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Published in Am J Physiol Cell Physiol on July 29, 2015

Authors

Tsz-Lun Yeung1, Cecilia S Leung2, Kay-Pong Yip3, Chi Lam Au Yeung1, Stephen T C Wong4, Samuel C Mok5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas;
2: Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas;
3: Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida;
4: Department of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas; NCI Center for Modeling Cancer Development, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.
5: Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas; scmok@mdanderson.org.

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