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Breast Cancer Stem Cells: A Case of Mistaken Identity?

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Kornelia Polyak

  2. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Kornelia Polyak

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Polyak, K. Breast Cancer Stem Cells: A Case of Mistaken Identity?. Stem Cell Rev 3, 107–109 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-007-0020-8

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