The 9 stages of metastasis are: 1 - Primary tumour formation; 2 - ❌; 3 - ❌; 4 - ❌; 5 - ❌; 6 - ❌; 7 - ❌; 8 - ❌; 9 - Clinically detectable macroscopic metastases.
Temporal course of metastasis: The latency period of BREAST CARCINOMA is generally
Years to decades
Months
Temporal course of metastasis: The latency period of COLORECTAL CARCINOMA is generally
Temporal course of metastasis: The latency period of LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA is generally
Does stiffening of the ExtraCellular Matrix (ECM) promote or inhibit tumourigenesis?
Promote
Inhibit
True or false: MMPs (Matrix MetalloProteinases) play a role in Intravasation.
Angiopoietin-like 4 ("ANGPTL4") is involved in:
Extravasation
Intravasation
Both of the above
[none of the above]
The "Cell-of-Origin" model of metastasis progresses as follows:
Normal epithelial cell (already has activated metastasis virulence genes due to its normal cellular differentiation program) > [series of mutations] > Primary tumour > [dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > Metastatic colonisation
Normal epithelial cell > [series of mutations] > Primary tumour > [dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > Viable partially metastasis-competent disseminated tumour cell > [mutations in metastasis virulence genes] > Metastatic colonisation
Normal epithelial cell > [series of mutations, including stochastic mutations in metastasis virulence genes] > Primary tumour > [dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > Metastatic colonisation
Normal epithelial cell > [series of mutations] > Primary tumour > [dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > [additional mutations] > Metastatic colonisation > [re-infiltration of the primary tumour by metastatic cells] > Primary tumour that has undergone self-seeding
Normal epithelial cell > [mutation] > Quasi-normal epithelial cell > [early dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > Viable disseminated quasi-normal epithelial cell > [series of mutations, including mutations in metastasis virulence genes] > Metastatic colonisation
The "Partial-Competence" model of metastasis progresses as follows:
Normal epithelial cell > [series of mutations] > Primary tumour > [dissemination to a foreign microenvironment] > Metastatic colonisation
The "Stochastic" model of metastasis progresses as follows:
The "Tumour Self-seeding" model of metastasis progresses as follows:
The "Parallel Progression" model of metastasis progresses as follows: