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Effective elimination of cancer stem cells by magnetic hyperthermia.
Molecular pharmaceutics - 1 Apr 2013
Sadhukha Tanmoy, Niu Lin, Wiedmann Timothy Scott, Panyam Jayanth
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells that have stem cell-like properties and are thought to be responsible for tumor drug resistance and relapse. Therapies that can effectively eliminate CSCs will, therefore, likely inhibit tumor recurrence. The objective of our study was to determine the susceptibility of CSCs to magnetic hyperthermia, a treatment that utilizes superparamagnetic iron...
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