Stem cells in endometrium and endometrial cancer: Accumulating evidence and unresolved questions

Cancer Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-133

  Kyo, Satoru ^a   Maida, Yoshiko ^a   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrium; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLONOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 79959547278     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.05.015     Document Type: Review

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