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Cancer stem cell theory
30 Aug 2019
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSC) are a subpopulation of tumor cells that have superior capacities of self-renewal, metastatic dissemination, and chemoresistance. These characteristics resemble, to some extent, the outcome of certain biological processes, including epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), autophagy, and cellular stress response. Indeed, it has been shown that the stimuli that induce these processes and CSC...
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