Fig. 1. Illustration of brain metastatic process. BBB, blood–brain barrier; MTCs, metastatic tumor cells; TAM, tumor-associated macrophages; CTC, circulating tumor cell; ECM, extracellular matrix; BM, brain metastases.
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