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Differentiation Potential of Cancer Cells

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Human Cancer in Primary Culture, A Handbook

Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology ((DION,volume 64))

Abstract

Neoplasia is a collective term for a number of exceptionally complex disturbances in the regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation in multicellular organisms.

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Fusenig, N.E., Breitkreutz, D., Boukamp, P. (1991). Differentiation Potential of Cancer Cells. In: Masters, J.R.W. (eds) Human Cancer in Primary Culture, A Handbook. Developments in Oncology, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3304-3_3

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