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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of plasticity in cancer.
Trends in cancer - 1 Sept 2022
Torborg Stefan R, Li Zhuxuan, Chan Jason E, Tammela Tuomas
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Cancer cells are plastic - they can assume a wide range of distinct phenotypes. Plasticity is integral to cancer initiation and progression, as well as to the emergence and maintenance of intratumoral heterogeneity. Furthermore, plastic cells can rapidly adapt to and evade therapy, which poses a challenge for effective cancer treatment. As such, targeting plasticity in cancer holds tremendous promise. Yet, the...
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