Side population in human lung cancer cell lines and tumours is enriched with stem-like cancer cells
An emerging concept in cancer initiation and development is that cells with characteristics of the stem cell phenotype drive tumour growth and progression. Accumulating evidence reveals that solid tumours such as brain and breast cancer contain primitive cancer stem cells that have high repopulation...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31784 |