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- 00:05Title
- 00:59Portal Vein Injection
- 04:37Results: Representative Portal Vein Tumor Cell Delivery Analyses
- 06:26Conclusion
A surgical procedure was developed to deliver mammary tumor cells to the murine liver via portal vein injection. This model permits investigation of late stages of liver metastasis in a fully immune competent host, including tumor cell extravasation, seeding, survival, and metastatic outgrowth in the liver.
