An Overview of Therapeutic Approaches to Brain Tumor Stem Cells

Primary and secondary malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumors are devastating invasive tumors able to give rise to many kinds of differentiated tumor cells. Glioblastoma multiform (GBM), is the most malignant brain tumor, in which its growth and persistence depend on cancer stem cells with enh...

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Main Author: Alireza Khoshnevisan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2012-02-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-295&slc_lang=en&sid=1