Cancer stem cells: Current status and evolving complexities

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 717-728

  Visvader, Jane E ^a,b   Lindeman, Geoffrey J ^a,b,c  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL TYPE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84862517728     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.05.007     Document Type: Review

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