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Review
. 2007 Jun;17(3):191-203.
doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2006.04.003. Epub 2006 May 4.

Stem cells and cancer

JeanMarie Houghton  1 , Alexei Morozov, Iva Smirnova, Timothy C Wang
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Review

Stem cells and cancer

JeanMarie Houghton et al. Semin Cancer Biol. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

The cell of origin of cancer has been a strongly debated topic through out the history of cancer research. This review provides a historic framework and a synopsis of how the theories of cancer initiation and progression evolved from early times to the present day. We present the concept of a cancer stem cell, and review for you the literature supporting the existence of cancer stem cells in addition to a brief discussion on our own work supporting a bone marrow-derived source for the cancer stem cell, as well as cells of the cancer stroma.

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