Injection of Syngeneic Murine Melanoma Cells to Determine Their Metastatic Potential in the Lungs

Approximately 90% of human cancer deaths are linked to metastasis. Despite the prevalence and relative harm of metastasis, therapeutics for treatment or prevention are lacking. We report a method for the establishment of pulmonary metastases in mice, useful for the study of this phenomenon. Tail vei...

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Main Authors: Timmons, Joshua J., Cohessy, Sean, Wong, Eric T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MyJove Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4927709/