Stem cells in colon cancer. A new era in cancer theory begins

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Papailiou, Joanna ^a   Bramis, Konstaninos J ^b   Gazouli, Maria ^c   Theodoropoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Colorectal cancer; CRT; CSC theory; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; APC PROTEIN; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HERMES ANTIGEN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78751571234     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-1022-6     Document Type: Review

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