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Fetal Microchimerism and Cancer

¹ Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and ² Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Requests for reprints: Janet A. Sawicki, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096. Phone: 610-645-3123; Fax: 610-645-2205; E-mail: sawickij{at}mlhs.org.

Key Words: fetal microchimerism • cancer • stem cells • cancer stem cells

The persistence of fetal stem cells with multilineage potential in women who have been pregnant, a phenomenon known as fetal microchimerism, is emerging as a potential contributing factor in certain diseases, including cancer. For example, fetal microchimerism has been implicated in autoimmune disease, wound healing, and cancer. Studies of this phenomenon may provide a novel perspective on cancer in women, including in breast, ovarian, and lung cancers. [Cancer Res 2008;68(23):9567–9]

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