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Evolution and phenotypic selection of cancer stem cells.
PLoS computational biology - 1 Mar 2015
Poleszczuk Jan, Hahnfeldt Philip, Enderling Heiko
Abstract excerpt
Cells of different organs at different ages have an intrinsic set of kinetics that dictates their behavior. Transformation into cancer cells will inherit these kinetics that determine initial cell and tumor population progression dynamics. Subject to genetic mutation and epigenetic alterations, cancer cell kinetics can change, and favorable alterations that increase cellular fitness will manifest themselves and...
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