# Accessories to the crime: functions of cells recruited to the tumor microenvironment

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## TL;DR

Paper cited by one term page, indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 22439926 and published in Cancer Cell; the citing page links this DOI, which is how the record was matched.

## Summary

Mutationally corrupted cancer (stem) cells are the driving force of tumor development and progression. Yet, these transformed cells cannot do it alone. Assemblages of ostensibly normal tissue and bone marrow-derived (stromal) cells are recruited to constitute tumorigenic microenvironments. Most of the hallmarks of cancer are enabled and sustained to varying degrees through contributions from repertoires of stromal cell types and distinctive subcell types. Their contributory functions to hallmark capabilities are increasingly well understood, as are the reciprocal communications with neoplastic cancer cells that mediate their recruitment, activation, programming, and persistence. This enhanced understanding presents interesting new targets for anticancer therapy.

Indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 22439926 (DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.02.022). Matched by DOI alone: one term page cites this DOI among its external links (the pages are listed under Related), and this page was written so that the citation resolves inside OnCo. No figure has been checked by an editor.

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-09-22
- Tags: europepmc-ingest
- Journal: Cancer Cell
- Year: 2012
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.02.022
- Authors: Hanahan D, Coussens LM
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## Sources

- Cancer Cell 2012: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2012.02.022
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22439926/
- Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22439926

## Connected records

- terms: [Microenvironment and inflammation: tumours as wounds that do not heal](https://onco.cc/terms/microenvironment-inflammation-theory/)
- journals: [Cancer Cell](https://onco.cc/journals/cancer-cell/)

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