Eukaryotic cell encystation and cancer cell dormancy: is a greater devil veiled in the details of a lesser evil?

Cancer cell dormancy is the main cause of cancer recurrence and failure of therapy as dormant cells evade not only the anticancer drugs but also the host immune system. These dormant cells veil themselves from detection by imaging and/or using biomarkers, which imposes an additional problem in targe...

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Main Authors: Abdul Mannan Baig, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Farhat Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2015-03-01
Series:Cancer Biology & Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/837