Targeting Cancer Stem Cells and Their Niche: Current Therapeutic Implications and Challenges in Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been identified as a subpopulation of stem-like cancer cells with the ability of self-renewal and differentiation in hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide. CSCs are thought to be responsible for cancer...

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Main Authors: Jiangang Zhao, Jiahui Li, Hans A. Schlößer, Felix Popp, Marie Christine Popp, Hakan Alakus, Karl-Walter Jauch, Christiane J. Bruns, Yue Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Stem Cells International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6012810