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. 2022 Aug 19;13:966661. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.966661

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The illustration shows the distinction between the premetastatic and malignant niches. Hypothesis for cancer metastasis based on the notion of the metastasome; changing the milieu of target locations to make them hospitable hosts for alien DTCs, hence forming a premetastatic niche; and contributing to the proliferation of altered cells.