What Tumor Dynamics Modeling Can Teach us about Exploiting the Stem-Cell View for Better Cancer Treatment

The cancer stem cell hypothesis is that in human solid cancers, only a small proportion of the cells, the cancer stem cells (CSCs), are self-renewing; the vast majority of the cancer cells are unable to sustain tumor growth indefinitely on their own. In recent years, discoveries have led to the conc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roger S. Day
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Cancer Informatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CIN.S17294