Role of the stem cell niche in the pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancers

Molecular and Cellular Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Flesken Nikitin, Andrea ^a   Odai Afotey, Ashley A ^a   Nikitin, Alexander Yu ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer propagating cells; cell of cancer origin; malignant transformation; ovarian cancer; stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942301345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23723556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/23723548.2014.963435     Document Type: Article

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