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Cancer Stem Cells Theories and Practice
Edited by Stanley Shostak, ISBN 978-953-307-225-8, Hard cover, 442 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published March 22, 2011 under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/582 
Cancer Stem Cells Theories and Practice does not 'boldly go where no one has gone before!' Rather, Cancer Stem Cells Theories and Practice boldly goes where the cutting edge of research theory meets the concrete challenges of clinical practice. Cancer Stem Cells Theories and Practice is firmly grounded in the latest results on cancer stem cells (CSCs) from world-class cancer research laboratories, but its twenty-two chapters also tease apart cancer's vulnerabilities and identify opportunities for early detection, targeted therapy, and reducing remission and resistance.
- Chapter 1
The Dark Side of Cellular Plasticity: Stem Cells in Development and Cancer - Chapter 2 From where do Cancer-Initiating Cells Originate?
- Chapter 3 Connections between Genomic Instability and Cancer Stem Cells
- Chapter 4 Cancer Stem Cells as a Result of a Reprogramming-Like Mechanism
- Chapter 5 Breast Cancer Stem Cells
- Chapter 6 Glioma Stem Cells: Cell Culture, Markers and Targets for New Combination Therapies
- Chapter 7 Cancer Stem Cells in Lung Cancer: Distinct Differences between Small Cell and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas
- Chapter 8 Prostate and Colon Cancer Stem Cells as a Target for Anti-Cancer Drug Development
- Chapter 9 Importance of Stromal Stem Cells in Prostate Carcinogenesis Process
- Chapter 10 Cancer Stem Cells and Their Niche
- Chapter 11 The Stem Cell Niche: The Black Master of Cancer
- Chapter 12 Cancer Stem Cells Promote Tumor Neovascularization
- Chapter 13 Potential Signaling Pathways Activated in Cancer Stem Cells in Breast Cancer
- Chapter 14 Signalling Pathways Driving Cancer Stem Cells: Hedgehog Pathway
- Chapter 15 MicroRNAs: Small but Critical Regulators of Cancer Stem Cells
- Chapter 16 MicroRNAs and Cancer Stem Cells in Medulloblastoma
- Chapter 17 The Rocky Road from Cancer Stem Cell Discovery to Diagnostic Applicability
- Chapter 18 Drugs that Kill Cancer Stem-like Cells
- Chapter 19 Cancer Stem Cells as a New Opportunity for Therapeutic Intervention
- Chapter 20 Targeting Signal Pathways Active in Leukemic Stem Cells to Overcome Drug Resistance
- Chapter 21 Cancer Stem Cells and Chemoresistance
- Chapter 22 Cancer Stem Cells in Drug Resistance and Drug Screening: Can We Exploit the Cancer Stem Cell Paradigm in Search for New Antitumor Agents?