Senescent cells in growing tumors: population dynamics and cancer stem cells.

Tumors are defined by their intense proliferation, but sometimes cancer cells turn senescent and stop replicating. In the stochastic cancer model in which all cells are tumorigenic, senescence is seen as the result of random mutations, suggesting that it could represent a barrier to tumor growth. In...

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Main Authors: Caterina A M La Porta, Stefano Zapperi, James P Sethna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261911?pdf=render