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Identification of CD44+ cancer stem cells in human gastric cancer.
1 Jun 2013
Abstract excerpt
The cancer stem cell hypothesis suggests that tumors are initiated and maintained by cancer stem cells capable of self-renewal and differentiation into mature tumor cells. Recent studies have demonstrated the existence of cancer initiating cells in different solid tumors. In this study, we identified a subpopulation of CD44+ cells within the tumor of gastric cancer patients, which, upon treatment by...
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