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Published August 01, 2012, 10:12 PM

Cancer debate: Are tumors fueled by stem cells?

How can a cancer come back after it's apparently been eradicated? Three new studies are bolstering a long-debated idea: that tumors contain their own pool of stem cells that can multiply and keep fueling the cancer, seeding regrowth.

By: Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer

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