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Anatomy of an ovarian cancer

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Whether ovarian cancer originates in the ovary or the surrounding tissues is a focus of debate. Work in mice now shows that stem cells that replenish the ovarian surface epithelium can be the initiators of this cancer. See Letter p.241

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Figure 1: Stem cells at the border between organs.

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  1. James D. Brenton and John Stingl are at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.,

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