Cancer stem cells: Biology, perspectives and therapeutic implications

Stem Cells and Human Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-22

  Singh, Brahma N ^a   Shankar, Sharmila ^a   Srivastava, Rakesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer stem cells; Breasts cancer stem cells; Cancer stem cells; Notch; Pancreatic cancer stem cells; Progenitor cells; Prostate cancer stem cells; Sonic hedgehog; Stem cells; Wnt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874215669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2801-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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