STEM-CELL ORIGINS OF LEUKEMIA AND CURABILITY

被引:74
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GREAVES, MF
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[1] Leukaemia Research Fund Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, SW3 6JB
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10.1038/bjc.1993.81
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
It is suggested that most childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemias an some other paediatric cancers are chemo-curable because they arise in stem cell populations that are functionally transient, chemo-sensitive and programmed for apoptosis. Most adult acute leukaemias are chemo-incurable at least in part because they originate in relatively drug resistant stem cells with extensive self-renewal capacity. The latter property in turn increases the probability of clones evolving with multi-drug resistance. Particular mutations may superimpose additional adverse features on leukaemic cells.
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