Genetic profile analysis of tumor stem cells in locally advanced breast cancer

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and metastatic dissemination is the principal factor related to death by this disease. Breast cancer stem cells (bCSC), defined in this work as the ALDH1high/LIN-/ESA+ population, are thought to be responsible for metastasi...

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Main Author: Willian Abraham da Silveira
Other Authors: Daniel Guimarães Tiezzi
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/17/17145/tde-05012016-144854/