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. 2018 Dec 27;12:37. doi: 10.1186/s13036-018-0120-9

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Factors influencing reactivation of dormant cancer cells. Dormant tumor cells in the secondary niche can be stimulated or triggered toward metastatic growth via multiple sources including pro-inflammatory and angiogenic factors, paracrine signaling by stromal cells and sprouting vasculature, and dysregulated cell-matrix interactions amongst others