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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Cycle. 2009 Oct 3;8(20):3274–3284. doi: 10.4161/cc.8.20.9701

Figure 5. The Role of Hypoxia in the Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis.

Figure 5

(A) The hierarchical model of tumor heterogeneity includes plasticity of cellular differentiation based on the effects of the tumor microenvironment. (B) Cancer stem cells reside in two niches: (1) the perivascular niche and (2) areas of hypoxia.