Prevalence of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Correlates with Recurrence in Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer

Epithelial ovarian cancer stem cells (EOC stem cells) have been associated with recurrence and chemoresistance. CD44 and CK18 are highly expressed in cancer stem cells and function as tools for their identification and characterization. We investigated the association between the number of CD44+ EOC...

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Main Authors: Karina Dahl Steffensen, Ayesha B. Alvero, Yang Yang, Marianne Waldstrøm, Pei Hui, Jennie C. Holmberg, Dan-Arin Silasi, Anders Jakobsen, Thomas Rutherford, Gil Mor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/620523