Cancer and Stem Cells - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1604564784 ISBN 13: 9781604564785

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Today, cancer is the second most prevalent cause of death, after heart disease, in the industrialised world. Till now, and despite promising results in cancer research, the primary cause of death in cancer is still 1: the formation of metastases at distant organs sites, 2: the presence of cancer cells that are resistant to current cancer therapies (chemotherapy/radiation) and which cause cancer relapse. Within the past three years it became evident that also solid tumour tissues contain a kind of stem cells, so called cancer cells. These cancer stem cells have been described as chemo-radiation therapy resistant tumour initiating cells. The purpose of this book is to summarise the latest findings about the role of stem cells in cancer.

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Product Description

Cancer is the second most prevalent cause of death, after heart disease, in the industrialised world. This book summarises findings about the role of stem cells in cancer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604564784
• ISBN 13: 9781604564785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Dittmar Thomas, Zander Kurt S