Radiation treatment and cancer stem cells.

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Radiotherapy is a standard treatment for many cancers and is frequently used as primary or adjuvant therapy, often in combination with surgery or chemotherapy or both. However, locoregional recurrence or metastatic spread still occurs in a high proportion of patients after radiotherapy. In this regard, emerging evidences suggest that sublethal radiation paradoxically promotes expansion of cancer stem cell...

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