Highly purified CD44+ prostate cancer cells from xenograft human tumors are enriched in tumorigenic and metastatic progenitor cells.

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Published in Oncogene on March 16, 2006

Authors

L Patrawala1, T Calhoun, R Schneider-Broussard, H Li, B Bhatia, S Tang, J G Reilly, D Chandra, J Zhou, K Claypool, L Coghlan, D G Tang

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1: Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, Smithville, 78957, USA.

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