Studying Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics for Developing New Treatment Strategies

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) contains a subset of exclusively tumorigenic cancer stem cells (CSCs) which have been shown to drive tumor initiation, metastasis and resistance to radio- and chemotherapy. Here we describe a specific methodology for culturing primary human pancreatic CSCs as...

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Main Authors: Lonardo, Enza, Cioffi, Michele, Sancho, Patricia, Crusz, Shanthini, Heeschen, Christopher
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MyJove Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544916/