Therapeutic approaches to target cancer stem cells

Cancers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3331-3352

  Diaz, Arlhee ^a   Leon, Kalet ^a  

^a CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CD133; CSC; EGFR

Indexed keywords

4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; AEG 35156; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BEVACIZUMAB; BMS 833923; CD133 ANTIGEN; CETUXIMAB; CIMAHER; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; GEFITINIB; HERMES ANTIGEN; IPI 926; LETROZOLE; MK 0752; MOLECULAR MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NIMOTUZUMAB; PF 04449913; PRI 724; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RAPAMYCIN; RESVERATROL; RO 4929097; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMODEGIB;

ADVANCED CANCER; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL NICHE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 80053206941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers3033331     Document Type: Review

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