Auhtors: Medema JP

PMID: 28854096 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1706541

Abstract

Two recent studies in mice show that, on ablation of colon cancer stem cells, differentiated cancer cells can dedifferentiate to supply a new pool of cancer stem cells, and extracellular signals have a role in this process.

Keywords: colorectal cancer, stem cell

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