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CSC, microenvironment and intratumoral equilibrium. When a tumor is exposed to hypoxia, low pH, chemotherapy or radiation, a microenvironment that favors CSCs is created. Because of this, some mature cells in the tumor dedifferentiate and stemness in the present CSCs is maintained. This plasticity of the tumor leads to drug resistance and disease reoccurrence.
