Breast cancer stem cells: tools and models to rely on

<p>Abstract</p> <p>There is increasing evidence for the "cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis", which holds that cancers are driven by a cellular component that has stem cell properties, including self-renewal, tumorigenicity and multi-lineage differentiation capacity. Resea...

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Main Authors: Birnbaum Daniel, Ginestier Christophe, Charafe-Jauffret Emmanuelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/202