@article{ref1,
title="Trauma-associated growth of suspected dormant micrometastasis",
journal="BMC cancer",
year="2005",
author="El Saghir, Nagi S. and Elhajj, Ihab I. and Geara, Fady B. and Hourani, Mukbil H.",
volume="5",
number="",
pages="94-94",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Cancer patients may harbor micrometastases that remain dormant, clinically undetectable during a variable period of time. A traumatic event or surgery may trigger the balance towards tumor growth as a result of associated angiogenesis, cytokine and growth factors release. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a patient with non-small lung cancer who had a rapid tumor growth and recurrence at a minor trauma site of his skull bone. CONCLUSION: This case is an illustration of the phenomenon of tumor growth after trauma or surgery and its associated cellular mechanisms. This phenomenon deserves further investigation and study.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2407",
doi="10.1186/1471-2407-5-94",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-5-94"
}