Article
Cancer Stem Cells: A Step Toward the Cure
6 Jun 2008
Abstract excerpt
This special issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology is devoted to the emerging field of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The goal of this article is to introduce general concepts of CSC biology to clinicians, and to provide a framework for their understanding the CSC-based approach to the development of novel diagnostics, therapeutics, and prevention strategies in oncology. This new approach differs from the traditional...