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Cancer Niche

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Malignant transformation is not an entirely “cell-centric” event. It also involves disrupted homeostasis between a perturbed cell and its disturbed niche.

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Tu, SM. (2010). Cancer Niche. In: Origin of Cancers. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 154. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5968-3_8

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