Effects of curcumin on stem-like cells in human esophageal squamous carcinoma cell lines
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many cancers contain cell subpopulations that display characteristics of stem cells. Because these cancer stem cells (CSCs) appear to provide resistance to chemo-radiation therapy, development of therapeutic agents that target CSCs i...
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2012-10-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/12/195 |