Epithelial-to-mesenchymal plasticity of cancer stem cells: Therapeutic targets in hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jayachandran, Aparna ^a   Dhungel, Bijay ^a   Steel, Jason C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Cancer initiating cells; Cellular plasticity; Drug resistance; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tumor heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL PLASTICITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 84984830200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-016-0307-9     Document Type: Review

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