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Published online 25 November 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041122-11

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Marrow cells spawn stomach cancers

Study prompts rethink about what triggers a tumour.

Stomach cancers may arise from stray bone-marrow cells rather than stomach cells, according to evidence in mice. The finding could overturn theories about the origins of cancer.

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