Molecular Biology of the Cell 6th Edition

Published by Garland Science
ISBN 10: 0815344325
ISBN 13: 978-0-81534-432-2

Chapter 20 - End-of-Chapter - Problems - Page 1141: 20-3

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Many cancers appear to be maintained by a small population of stem cells. These cancer stem cells usually divide more slowly than the cells in the bulk of the tumor, and they are less sensitive to treatments aimed at rapidly dividing cells. If the stem cells are not killed, the cancer is likely to return.
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