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Nature Reviews Cancer 9, 6–7 (1 January 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrc2563

Cancer stem cells: Common as muck

Safia Ali Danovi

It's not easy being a cancer stem cell. They have been blamed for single-handedly propelling tumour growth, along with mediating other evils such as chemoresistance and radioresistance.