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Competing models of cancer initiation and progression. Left: The stochastic model of cancer initiation posits that most cells in a given tumor would be able to initiate a new tumor. Right: The cancer stem cell model postulates that only CSCs initiate tumors. CSCs (depicted in red) are maintained through asymmetric cell division, while simultaneously giving rise to the progeny capable of generating diverse cell clones within the tumor.
