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Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Stem Cells: Integrating and Exploiting the Acidic Niche
19 Mar 2019
Abstract excerpt
Cancer stem cells (CSC) or tumor-initiating cells represent a small subpopulation of cells within the tumor bulk that share features with somatic stem cells, such as self-renewal and pluripotency. From a clinical point of view, CSC are thought to be the main drivers of tumor relapse in patients by supporting treatment resistance and dissemination to distant organs. Both genome instability and...
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