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Here, we employed single-cell RNA sequencing of matched primary tumor tissues, paracancerous tissues, and local lymph nodes from three LSCC patients to comprehensively characterize the CSCs in LSCC. Two distinct clusters of stem cells originating from epithelial populations were delineated and verified as CSCs and normal stem cells (NSCs), respectively. CSCs were abundant in the paracancerous tissues compared to those in the tumor tissues. CSCs showed high expression of stem cell marker genes such as PROM1, ALDH1A1, and SOX4, and increased the activity of tumor-related hypoxia, Wnt\/\u03b2-catenin, and Notch signaling pathways. We then explored the intricate crosstalk between CSCs and the TME cells and identified targets within the TME that related with CSCs. We also found eight marker genes of CSCs that were correlated significantly with the prognosis of LSCC patients. 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