C. Calmelet,
A. Prokop,
J. Mensah,
L. J. McCawley,
P. S. Crooke
(2010)
Solid tumors and hematological cancers contain small population of tumor cells that are
believed to play a critical role in the development and progression of the disease. These
cells, named Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs), have been found in leukemia, myeloma, breast,
prostate, pancreas, colon, brain and lung cancers. It is also thought that CSCs drive the
metastatic spread of cancer. The CSC compartment features a specific and phenotypically
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