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Short-term single treatment of chemotherapy results in the enrichment of ovarian cancer stem cell-like cells leading to an increased tumor burden.
Molecular cancer - 27 Mar 2013
Abubaker Khalid, Latifi Ardian, Luwor Rod, Nazaretian Simon, Zhu Hongjian, Quinn Michael A, Thompson Erik W, Findlay Jock K, Ahmed Nuzhat
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Over 80% of women diagnosed with advanced-stage ovarian cancer die as a result of disease recurrence due to failure of chemotherapy treatment. In this study, using two distinct ovarian cancer cell lines (epithelial OVCA 433 and mesenchymal HEY) we demonstrate enrichment in a population of cells with high expression of CSC markers at the protein and mRNA levels in response to cisplatin, paclitaxel and the...
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