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. 2013 Oct 21;53(11):764–772. doi: 10.2176/nmc.ra2013-0207

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Additional treatment to eradicate GSCs. Postoperative chemo- and radiotherapy decreases the number of viable GSCs and GBM niche cells, although nearly “naked” GSCs remain in these incomplete GBM niches where suitable microenvironment for supporting GSCs is damaged. Direct attack on the GSCs and/or disruption of GBM niches may result in the terminal differentiation, dormancy, and eradication of GSCs. GBM: glioblastoma multiforme, GSCs: glioblastoma stem cells.