The breast tumor environment is remodeled after therapy (IMAGE)

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The breast tumor environment is remodeled after therapy

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Compared with an untreated breast tumor (left), the extracellular collagen matrix (blue) is reorganized in a residual tumor after therapy (right), activating a signaling pathway in tumor cells (magenta) that allows them to survive and initiate tumor recurrence.

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: ©2021 Drain et al. Originally published in <em>Journal of Experimental Medicine</em>. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20191360

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