Anatomy

Neoplastic Stem Cells

Highly proliferative, self-renewing, and colony-forming stem cells which give rise to NEOPLASMS.

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Abstract

Highly proliferative, self-renewing, and colony-forming stem cells which give rise to NEOPLASMS.

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31 entry terms
  • Stem Cells, Neoplastic
  • Tumor Initiating Cells
  • Tumor Stem Cells
  • Cell, Neoplastic Stem
  • Cell, Tumor Initiating
  • Cell, Tumor Stem
  • Cells, Neoplastic Stem
  • Cells, Tumor Initiating
  • Cells, Tumor Stem
  • Initiating Cell, Tumor
  • Initiating Cells, Tumor
  • Neoplastic Stem Cell
  • Stem Cell, Neoplastic
  • Stem Cell, Tumor
  • Stem Cells, Tumor
  • Tumor Initiating Cell
  • Tumor Stem Cell
  • Cancer Stem Cells
  • Colony-Forming Units, Neoplastic
  • Neoplastic Colony-Forming Units
  • Cancer Stem Cell
  • Cell, Cancer Stem
  • Cells, Cancer Stem
  • Colony Forming Units, Neoplastic
  • Colony-Forming Unit, Neoplastic
  • Neoplastic Colony Forming Units
  • Neoplastic Colony-Forming Unit
  • Stem Cell, Cancer
  • Stem Cells, Cancer
  • Unit, Neoplastic Colony-Forming
  • Units, Neoplastic Colony-Forming

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15 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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History Note

2008 (1984)

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Previous Indexing

  • Cell Line (1969-1985)
  • Clone Cells (1975-1983)
  • Colony-Forming Units Assay (1979-1983)
  • Neoplasms, Experimental (1975-1983)
  • Neoplasms/pathology (1975-1983)
  • Stem Cells (1984-1985)
  • specific neoplasm/PA (1975-1983)

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  1. A11w.872w.650w

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QZ 202

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neoplastic Stem Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014411. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014411
  2. Neoplastic Stem Cells. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_stem_cell
  3. Neoplastic Stem Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1638475