The peritoneal microenvironment in the pathogenesis of colorectal peritoneal carcinomatosis: the role of MMT and cancer-associated fibroblasts Ghent University
Nearly ten percent of patients with colorectal cancer will develop spread of the cancer to the membrane lining their abdomen, called the peritoneum. The cells which make up this peritoneum, mesothelial cells, have been shown to be able to influence cancer progression. Cancer cells can communicate with many types of cells, and influence healthy cells to help cancer cells grow. This leads to the presence of several types of normally healthy ...