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The population of cells that make up a tumour is invariably complex and heterogeneous, including neoplastic cells in various states of proliferation, degeneration, and differentiation, as well as a variety of non-neoplastic host cells.
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Steel, G.G., Courtenay, V.D., Sandhu, R.R. (1984). Assays for Clonogenic Human Tumour Cells in Experimental and Clinical Chemotherapy. In: Harrap, K.R., Davis, W., Calvert, A.H. (eds) Cancer Chemotherapy and Selective Drug Development. Developments in Oncology, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3837-6_31
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