Origins and clinical implications of the brain tumor stem cell hypothesis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-60

  Zaidi, Hasan A ^a   Kosztowski, Thomas ^a   DiMeco, Francesco ^a,b   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

BTSC; Cancer; Neuro oncology; Treatment; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CYCLOPAMINE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 65649138457     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9856-x     Document Type: Review

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