The Evolving Concepts of Cancer Stem Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

There is increasing evidence that the growth and spread of cancers is driven by a small subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs)—the only cells that are capable of long-term self-renewal and generation of the phenotypically diverse tumor cell population. CSCs have been identified and isolated in a...

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Main Authors: Amit Shah, Shilpa Patel, Jigna Pathak, Niharika Swain, Shwetha Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/842491