Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Cancer Stem Cells Theories and Practice

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Stanley Shostak
Stanley Shostak

University of Pittsburgh,
United States of America

Published22 March 2011

Doi10.5772/582

ISBN978-953-307-225-8

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6426-5

Copyright year2011

Number of pages474

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Table of Contents

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1. The Dark Side of Cellular Plasticity: Stem Cells in Development and Cancer

By Fernando Abollo-Jimenez, Elena Campos-Sanchez, Ana Sagrera, Maria Eugenia Muñoz, Ana Isabel Galan, Rafael Jimenez and Cesar Cobaleda

4,887
2. From where do Cancer-Initiating Cells Originate?

By Stéphane Ansieau, Anne-Pierre Morel and Alain Puisieux

2,789
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3. Connections between Genomic Instability and Cancer Stem Cells

By Linda Li, Laura Borodyansky and Youxin Yang

3,231
4. Cancer Stem Cells as a Result of a Reprogramming-Like Mechanism

By Carolina Vicente-Dueñas, Isabel Romero-Camarero, Teresa Flores, Juan Jesús Cruz and Isidro Sanchez-Garcia

2,918
5. Breast Cancer Stem Cells

By Marco A. Velasco-Velázquez, Xuanmao Jiao and Richard G. Pestell

3,388
6,405
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9. Importance of Stromal Stem Cells in Prostate Carcinogenesis Process

By Farrokh Asadi, Gwendal Lazennec and Christian Jorgensen

3,124
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10. Cancer Stem Cells and Their Niche

By Guadalupe Aparicio Gallego, Vanessa Medina Villaamil, Silvia Díaz Prado and Luis Miguel Antón Aparicio

3,264
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12. Cancer Stem Cells Promote Tumor Neovascularization

By Yi-fang Ping, Xiao-hong Yao, Shi-cang Yu, Ji Ming Wang and Xiu-wu Bian

3,445
14. Signalling Pathways Driving Cancer Stem Cells: Hedgehog Pathway

By Vanessa Medina Villaamil, Guadalupe Aparicio Gallego, Silvia Díaz Prado and Luis M. Antón Aparicio

4,593
15. MicroRNAs: Small but Critical Regulators of Cancer Stem Cells

By Jeffrey T. DeSano, Theodore S. Lawrence and Liang Xu

3,261
16. MicroRNAs and Cancer Stem Cells in Medulloblastoma

By Massimo Zollo, Immacolata Andolfo and Pasqualino De Antonellis

3,476
18. Drugs that Kill Cancer Stem-like Cells

By Renata Zobalova, Marina Stantic, Michael Stapelberg, Katerina Prokopova, Lanfeng Dong, Jaroslav Truksa and Jiri Neuzil

4,074
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19. Cancer Stem Cells as a New Opportunity for Therapeutic Intervention

By Victoria Bolós, Ángeles López and Luis Anton Aparicio

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