Contributions of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells to the development of castration resistance of prostate cancer

An important clinical challenge in prostate cancer therapy is the inevitable transition from androgen-sensitive to castration-resistant and metastatic prostate cancer. Albeit the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis has been targeted, the biological mechanism underlying the lethal event of androgen...

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Main Authors: Li, Ping, Yang, Ru, Gao, Wei-Qiang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975176/