If a tumor microenvironment exhibits elevated levels of growth factors and compromised cell adhesion, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

Metastasis and angiogenesis are hallmarks of cancer progression because elevated growth factors and weakened cell adhesion facilitate tumor cell migration and blood vessel formation, therefore promoting the spread of the tumor rather than limiting it to the primary site.

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