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Understanding tumor heterogeneity as functional compartments - superorganisms revisited

Compelling evidence broadens our understanding of tumors as highly heterogeneous populations derived from one common progenitor. In this review we portray various stages of tumorigenesis, tumor progression, self-seeding and metastasis in analogy to the superorganisms of insect societies to exemplify...

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Autores principales: Grunewald, Thomas GP, Herbst, Saskia M, Heinze, Jürgen, Burdach, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21619636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-9-79