Carcinogenesis and environment: The cancer stem cell hypothesis and implications for the development of novel therapeutics and diagnostics

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3475-3482

  Giordano, Antonio ^a,b   Fucito, Alfredo ^a   Romano, Gaetano ^a   Marino, Ignazio R ^a,c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Differentiation; Neoplasia; Review; Self renewal; Stem cells; Transformation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34347263739     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2328     Document Type: Article

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