Genomic instability en route to and from cancer stem cells.

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Cancer is caused by successive gene mutations that amount to confer malignant phenotype. Genomic instability (GIN) is considered a key endogenous mechanism for accumulation of mutations, and therefore, has been proposed as an engine of tumorigenesis. Recently, cancer stem cells, or tumor initiating cells, have been identified in a variety of human cancers. These cancer stem cells (CSCs) are believed to be...

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