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Strategies to Eliminate Cancer Stem Cells

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Cancer Stem Cells

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Biofilms ((SCHERING FOUND,volume 2006/5))

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Therapeutic advances over the past three decades now allow most cancer patients to achieve major clinical responses. Although clinical responses can clearly decrease side effects and improve quality of life, most cancer patients still eventually relapse and die of their disease. Emerging data suggest that initial responses in cancer represent therapeutic effectiveness against the differentiated cancer cells making up the bulk of the tumor, while rare biologically distinct cancer stem cells resistant to the therapies are responsible for relapse. Better understanding the biology of cancer stem cells, and reexamining both our preclinical and clinical drug development paradigms to include the cancer stem cell concept, have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of many cancers.

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Jones, R.J. (2007). Strategies to Eliminate Cancer Stem Cells. In: Wiestler, O., Haendler, B., Mumberg, D. (eds) Cancer Stem Cells. Springer Series on Biofilms, vol 2006/5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/2789_2007_052

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