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[Genetic factors predisposing to the development of papillary thyroid cancer].
Endokrynologia Polska - 1 Jan 2000
Puzianowska-Kuźnicka Monika, Pietrzak Maciej
Abstract excerpt
According to classic theory of neogenesis, cancer arises from well-differentiated cell that in response to variety of factors de-differentiates, becomes able to proliferate without control and/or loses its ability to undergo apoptosis. According to another theory, cancers (at least cancers of some organs) originate from stem cells, which "by definition" are poorly differentiated and able to proliferate...
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