Interplay between inflammatory tumor microenvironment and cancer stem cells (Review)
- Authors:
- Shijian Zhang
- Xi Yang
- Lei Wang
- Chenping Zhang
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Affiliations: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial‑Head and Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China - Published online on: May 16, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8716
- Pages: 679-686
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