Targeting CD44 as a novel therapeutic approach for treating pancreatic cancer recurrence

Oncoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 572-575

  Molejon, Maria Inés ^a   Tellechea, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Moutardier, Vincent ^a,b   Gasmi, Mohamed ^a,b   Ouaissi, Mehdi ^c   Turrini, Olivier ^a,d   Delpero, Jean Robert ^a,d   Dusetti, Nelson ^a   Iovanna, Juan ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; CD44; Molecular targeting; Pancreatic cancer; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955562340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23314737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncoscience.172     Document Type: Article

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