Cancer stem cells / edited by William L. Farrar. — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010. – (64.81/C215c)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Contributors
    Preface
    SECTION I: CHARACTERIZATION OF CANCER STEM CELLS
    1. Purification and characterization of cancer stem cells
    2. Prostate cancer stem cells
    3. Melanoma cancer stem cells
    4. Mammospheres and breast carcinoma
    SECTION I1: THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS OF CANCER STEM CELLS
    5. Preventative and therapeutic strategies for cancer stem cells
    6. Targeting acute myelogenous leukemia stem cells
    SECTION II1: TARGETING CANCER STEM CELL PATHWAYS
    7. Hedgehog/GLI signaling in cancer
    8. Targeting the Notch signaling pathway in cancer stem cells
    9. TGF-13， Notch， and Writ in normal and malignant stem cells: differentiating agents and epigenetic modulation
    Index
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