Cancer stem cell detection and isolation

Medical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Moghbeli, Meysam ^a   Moghbeli, Faezeh ^b   Forghanifard, Mohammad Mahdi ^c   Abbaszadegan, Mohammad Reza ^a,d  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Detection; Isolation; Surface marker; Targeted therapy; Tumor relapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904527440     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0069-6     Document Type: Review

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