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Stress-driven lymphatic dissemination: An unanticipated consequence of communication between the sympathetic nervous system and lymphatic vasculature

Caroline P. LeDrug Discovery Biology Theme, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erica K. SloanDrug Discovery Biology Theme, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;Department of Cancer and Pain Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;Cousins Center for PNI, UCLA Semel Institute, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UCLA AIDS Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Article: e1177674 | Received 06 Apr 2016, Accepted 07 Apr 2016, Published online: 24 Jun 2016

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