Is Ewing's sarcoma a stem cell tumor?

Meltzer, Paul S · Cell Stem Cell · 2007

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Abstract

Solving the histogenesis of Ewing's sarcoma has defied investigators despite progress in understanding its molecular pathogenesis. In a recent issue of Cancer Cell, Tirode et al. (2007) present evidence supporting the hypothesis that this rare cancer arises from a primitive mesenchymal precursor.

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