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Nature 442, 742-743 (17 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442742a; Published online 16 August 2006
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Cancer: The root of the problem
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- Alison Abbott is Nature's senior European correspondent
Abstract
Is targeting cancer stem cells a way to finish tumours off once and for all — or just the latest in a long line of false dawns? Alison Abbott looks at a debate that's generating both heat and light.
"Your cancer has returned." The words that patients most dread are the ones that most of them eventually hear.
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