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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Stem Cell Res Ther. 2016 Oct 26;6(10):363. doi: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000363

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Hierarchy leading to heterogeneity. The CSC theory claims that CSCs arise from normal stem cells within the population and that only these CSCs drive tumorgenesis. These CSCS can either self renew or divide into differentiated progeny. Since the cells in a tumor come from different CSCs, the tumor is heterogenic.

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