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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Dec 7;132(2):483–489. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.12.001

Table 1. Ex vivo characteristics of cancer stem cells.

  • Increased tumorigenicity in xenograft models

  • Clonogenic

  • Unlimited self-renewal

  • Pluripotency

  • Ability to recapitulate parent tumor

  • Chemoresistance

  • Radiation resistance

  • Form spheroids in suspension