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Novel therapeutic target for cancer stem cells in hepatocellular carcinoma
14 Aug 2012
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a disease of genetic and epigenetic alterations, which are emphasized as the central mechanisms of tumor progression in the multi-stepwise model. Discovery of rare subpopulations of cancer stem cells (CSCs) has created a new focus in cancer research. The heterogeneity of tumors can be explained with the help of CSCs supported by anti-apoptotic signaling. CSCs mimic normal adult stem cells by...
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