Head and neck cancer: The possible role of stem cells

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Bianchini, C ^a   Ciorba, A ^a   Pelucchi, S ^a   Piva, R ^a,b   Pastore, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head and neck; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLON CANCER; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MITOSIS; MOUSE STRAIN; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 36348998613     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0478-7     Document Type: Review

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