A Possible Explanation for the Variable Frequencies of Cancer Stem Cells in Tumors

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Summary

A stochastic model is proposed that is able to capture this potential variability in the frequency of CSCs among the various type of tumors and suggests that traditional attempts to combat cancer cells with rapid cycling can be very stimulating for the cancer stem cell populations.

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article
Published
2013-08-07
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Keywords

Cancer stem cell, Cancer cell, Stem cell, Cancer, Cancer research

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