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7366161 
Journal Article 
Review 
Apoptosis, autophagy, necroptosis, and cancer metastasis 
Su, Z; Yang, Z; Xu, Y; Chen, Y; Yu, Q 
2015 
1 
Molecular Cancer
ISSN: 1476-4598 
14 
1 
48 
English 
25743109 
Metastasis is a crucial hallmark of cancer progression, which involves numerous factors including the degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM), the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), tumor angiogenesis, the development of an inflammatory tumor microenvironment, and defects in programmed cell death. Programmed cell death, such as apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis, plays crucial roles in metastatic processes. Malignant tumor cells must overcome these various forms of cell death to metastasize. This review summarizes the recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms by which key regulators of apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis participate in cancer metastasis and discusses the crosstalk between apoptosis, autophagy, and necroptosis involved in the regulation of cancer metastasis.