a concept of neoplasms , based upon developmental and oncological principles , states that carcinomas are caricatures of tissue renewal , in that they are composed of a mixture of malignant stem cells , which have a marked capacity for proliferation and a limited capacity for differentiation under normal homeostatic conditions , and of the differentiated , possibly benign , progeny of these malignant cells .
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