Cancer stem cells as a predictive factor in radiotherapy.

Journal article

Cancer stem cell research is one of the most thriving and competitive areas in oncology research because it has the potential to dramatically affect clinical outcomes. Led by progress in hematology, cancer stem cell research has now provided evidence to play an important role for solid cancers as well. Because radiotherapy is only second to surgery in terms of its curative potency, it is very important for radiation oncologists to learn whether progress in cancer stem cell biology can enable ...

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Authors: Brunner, T; Kunz-Schughart, L; Grosse-Gehling, P; Baumann, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Seminars in radiation oncology
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 151-174
• Publication date: 2012-04-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2011.12.003
• EISSN: 1532-9461
• ISSN: 1053-4296
• Language: English
• Keywords: Tumor Microenvironment; Humans; Neoplastic Stem Cells; Neoplasms; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Tumor Markers, Biological