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The cancer cells-of-origin in the gastrointestinal tract: progenitors revisited.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2015
Lamprecht Sergio, Fich Alexander
Abstract excerpt
A prominent model of tumor progression posits that normal self-renewing and multipotent stem cells(SCs) are the initial target of transformation. This view has been robustly challenged by the recurring observation that transit-amplifying cells and differentiated progenitors can initiate neoplasia outside the SC zone thus qualifying as cancer cells-of-origin. The emerging concept is that a cancer SC and a cancer...
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