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Acute and Fractionated Irradiation Differentially Modulate Glioma Stem Cell Division Kinetics
26 Dec 2012
Abstract excerpt
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive human malignancies with a poor patient prognosis. Ionizing radiation either alone or adjuvant after surgery is part of standard treatment for GBM but remains primarily noncurative. The mechanisms underlying tumor radioresistance are manifold and, in part, accredited to a special subpopulation of tumorigenic cells. The so-called glioma stem cells (GSC)...
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