Invincible, but not invisible: Imaging approaches toward in vivo detection of cancer stem cells

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2901-2910

  Hart, Lori S ^a   El Deiry, Wafik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; FLUOROPENCICLOVIR F 18; IRON OXIDE; MICROMETERSIZED PARTICLES OF IRON OXIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON CANCER; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; METASTASIS; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PANCREAS CANCER; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SCINTISCANNING; STAINING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 45549104579     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.9573     Document Type: Review

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