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Fresh surgical specimens yield breast stem/progenitor cells and reveal their oncogenic abnormalities.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Feb 2012
Pommier Suellen J, Hernandez Ariel, Han Esther, Massimino Kristen, Muller Patrick, Diggs Brian, Chamberlain Erin, Murphy Jennifer, Hansen Juliana, Naik Arpana, Vetto John, Pommier Rodney F
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BACKGROUND: The process by which breast cancer stem cells arise is unknown. It may be that the benign stem cells in breast tissue are transformed into malignant stem cells through the acquisition of genetic abnormalities. In this study, we collected and compared benign and malignant breast stem/progenitor cells to determine whether specific genetic abnormalities occur in breast cancer stem/progenitor cells within...
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