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Senescent Cells in Growing Tumors: Population Dynamics and Cancer Stem Cells

  • Caterina A. M. La Porta,

    Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

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  • Stefano Zapperi ,

    * E-mail: stefano.zapperi@cnr.it

    Affiliations CNR-IENI, Milano, Italy, ISI Foundation, Torino, Italy

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  • James P. Sethna

    Affiliation LASSP, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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Senescent Cells in Growing Tumors: Population Dynamics and Cancer Stem Cells

  • Caterina A. M. La Porta,  …
  • Stefano Zapperi, 
  • James P. Sethna
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  • Published: January 19, 2012
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002316
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