TY - JOUR AU - Behjati, Sam AU - Gilbertson, Richard J AU - Pfister, Stefan TI - Maturation Block in Childhood Cancer. JO - Cancer discovery VL - 11 IS - 3 SN - 2159-8290 CY - Philadelphia, Pa. M1 - DKFZ-2021-00386 SP - 542-544 PY - 2021 N1 - #LA:B062#2021 Mar;11(3):542-544 AB - The key differences between tumors arising in children and those in adults stem from the cellular origin of cancer at different ages, with adult cancers arising within aging cell hierarchies, as a consequence of accumulated damage and mutagenesis, in contrast to childhood tumors that are born in aberrantly developing tissues. A distinct biological property of childhood tumor cells-a block of developmental maturation-may hold the key to advancing the treatment of childhood cancer beyond cytotoxic strategies. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:33589423 DO - DOI:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-0926 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/167485 ER -