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The cancer stem cell hypothesis and the clonal evolution model

Dr Maria Karvela explains what cancer stem cells are, and discusses two theories of how cancer arises: from cancer stem cells, or by clonal evolution.

Dr Maria Karvela explains what cancer stem cells are, and discusses two theories of how cancer arises: from cancer stem cells, or by clonal evolution

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Cancer in the 21st Century: the Genomic Revolution

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