Cancer stem cells in colorectal cancer
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Date
2015
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Bulanin, D.
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The cancer stem cell theory suggests that tumors grow like normal tissues of the body, with stem cells at the starting point of an organized system that produces new cells to make a tissue grow. According to this idea, tumors contain:
Cancer stem cells that divide and feed tumour growth. These cells can self-renew (copy themselves) extensively, and also produce more mature cells called transit amplifying cells-...
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colorectal cancer, anatomy of colon, stages of colorectal cancer, anatomy of the intestine, Intestinal crypt organization, enterocytes, goblet cells, panneth cells, cancer treatment, Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE