Targeting breast cancer stem cells: fishing season open!

Studies describing the tumor as a hierarchically organized cell population have changed the classical oncogenesis view and propose new therapeutic strategies. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to sustain tumor initiation/maintenance, therapy resistance, and systemic metastases. Targeting this tum...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ginestier, Christophe, Charafe-Jauffret, Emmanuelle, Birnbaum, Daniel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096955/