Avian embryo model of neuroblastoma. (IMAGE)

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Avian embryo model of neuroblastoma.

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Avian embryo model of neuroblastoma. Physiological signals from embryonic tissues in which tumours develop cause some cells to acquire more aggressive traits, break away, and spread to remote sites, seeding metastases.

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