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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |