Oral cancer: role of the basement membrane in invasion

Abstract

The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Invasive growth of cancer cells is a complex process involving specific interactions between tumour cells and the orderly, integrated complexes of the extracellular matrix. Basement membranes have been proposed as one constituent of extra-cellular matrix which carries responsibility for regulating invasion and metastasis.David F. Wilson, Jiang De-Jun, Angela M. Pierce and Ole W. Wiebki