Enhanced cisplatin resistance in oral-cancer stem-like cells is correlated with upregulation of excision-repair cross-complementation group 1
Background/purpose: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a prevalent cancer worldwide. Recent data suggest that a subpopulation of cancer cells, termed cancer stem cells (CSCs), is capable of initiating, maintaining, and expanding the growth of tumors. Importantly, CSCs confer chemo- and radioresi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Dental Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790212000384 |