Infectious tumour cells
Open Access
- 6 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 443 (7107) , 35-36
- https://doi.org/10.1038/443035a
Abstract
Cancer cells are generally viewed as a problem innate to their host, but evidence is mounting that they can evolve to become infectious agents and be transmitted between individuals.Keywords
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