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Ironically, there appears to be malignant potential in every stem cell and stem-cell potential in every malignant cell. Thus, an imperfect stem cell manages to become a perfect cancer cell. Our challenge is to distinguish what is stemness from what is malignant.
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Tu, SM. (2010). Introduction. In: Origin of Cancers. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 154. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5968-3_1
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