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. 2021 Mar;11(3):542-544.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-0926. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Maturation Block in Childhood Cancer

Sam Behjati  1   2   3 , Richard J Gilbertson  4 , Stefan M Pfister  5   6   7
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Maturation Block in Childhood Cancer

Sam Behjati et al. Cancer Discov. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

The key differences between tumors arising in children and those in adults stem from the cellular origin of cancer at different ages, with adult cancers arising within aging cell hierarchies, as a consequence of accumulated damage and mutagenesis, in contrast to childhood tumors that are born in aberrantly developing tissues. A distinct biological property of childhood tumor cells-a block of developmental maturation-may hold the key to advancing the treatment of childhood cancer beyond cytotoxic strategies.

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