The cancer stem cell: premises, promises and challenges.

Translated title of the contribution: The cancer stem cell: premises, promises and challenges.

H.C. Clevers

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Abstract

Over the last decade, the notion that tumors are maintained by their own stem cells, the so-called cancer stem cells, has created great excitement in the research community. This review attempts to summarize the underlying concepts of this notion, to distinguish hard facts from beliefs and to define the future challenges of the field.
Translated title of the contributionThe cancer stem cell: premises, promises and challenges.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)313-9
Number of pages7
JournalNature Medicine
Volume17
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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