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Rana Ramadan1, Milou S van Driel1, Louis Vermeulen1

  • 1Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Center Amsterdam and Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Trends in Cancer
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cell competitioncolorectal cancerintestinal stem cellsmicroenvironmentmutationsstem cell niche

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