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Is cancer stem cell a cell, or a multicellular unit capable of inducing angiogenesis?
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2006
Rak Janusz
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells are presently viewed as carriers of the growth initiating potential, repopulation capability and drug resistance in tumors. However, many of these fundamental properties of cancer are host-related, modified by cell-cell interactions and/or dependent on angiogenesis. Indeed, it is well established that co-injection of cancer cells with their irradiated (mitotically dead) counterparts, or with...
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