Due to its inherent plasticity and heterogeneity, cancer is a difficult disease to model both in vitro and in vivo. However, recent advances in organoid technology hold great promise for future research into the mechanisms underlying tumor plasticity in human cancers.
Keywords: cell state transition; organoids; plasticity; tumor heterogeneity; tumor microenvironment; tumor subtype.
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