Making a tumour's bed: Glioblastoma stem cells and the vascular niche

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 733-736

  Gilbertson, Richard J ^a   Rich, Jeremy N ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUORO 2 METHYL 5 INDOLYLOXY) 6 METHOXY 7 [3 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)PROPOXY]QUINAZOLINE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEDIRANIB; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; TUMOR STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34648821254     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2246     Document Type: Review

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