Therapeutic Targeting Strategies of Cancer Stem Cells in Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to be a distinct population of cells within a tumor mass that are capable of asymmetric division and known to have chemoresistant characteristics. The description and identification of CSC models in cancer growth and recurrence has inspired the design of novel tr...

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Main Authors: Mohamad B. Sonbol, Daniel H. Ahn, Tanios Bekaii-Saab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Biomedicines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/7/1/17