Therapeutic targeting of cancer stem cells in lung, head and neck, and bladder cancers

SE Mudra, P Sadhukhan, MT Ugurlu, S Alam… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Effective cancer treatment hinges upon overcoming therapeutic resistance
mechanisms that allow for the continued proliferation of cancer cell subpopulations …

Impact of cancer stem cells and cancer stem cell-driven drug resiliency in lung tumor: Options in sight

L Cortes-Dericks, D Galetta - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lung cancer is still the most common cause of cancer death, worldwide
with increasing incidence. In lung cancer management, chemotherapy alone, or combined …

Cancer stem cells and targeting strategies

L Barbato, M Bocchetti, A Di Biase, T Regad - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chemoresistance is a major problem in cancer therapy as cancer cells develop mechanisms
that counteract the effect of chemotherapeutic compounds, leading to relapse and the …

Cancer stem cells: powerful targets to improve current anticancer therapeutics

RL Bighetti-Trevisan, LO Sousa… - Stem cells …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A frequent observation in several malignancies is the development of resistance to therapy
that results in frequent tumor relapse and metastasis. Much of the tumor resistance …

Meeting the challenge of targeting cancer stem cells

A Turdo, V Veschi, M Gaggianesi, A Chinnici… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Notwithstanding cancer patients benefit from a plethora of therapeutic alternatives, drug
resistance remains a critical hurdle. Indeed, the high mortality rate is associated with …

Targeting cancer stem cells for reversing therapy resistance: mechanism, signaling, and prospective agents

HM Zhou, JG Zhang, X Zhang, Q Li - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) show a self-renewal capacity and differentiation potential that
contribute to tumor progression and therapy resistance. However, the underlying processes …

Identification, culture and targeting of cancer stem cells

A Herreros-Pomares - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemoresistance, tumor progression, and metastasis are features that are frequently seen
in cancer that have been associated with cancer stem cells (CSCs). These cells are a …

Cancer stem cells: Role in tumor progression and treatment resistance

F Islam, V Gopalan, AKY Lam - Oncogenomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) or cancer initiating cells are a subpopulation of cells that has the
driving force of carcinogenesis. They exhibit distinctive self-renewal, proliferation, and …

Lung cancer stem cells: The root of resistance

L MacDonagh, SG Gray, E Breen, S Cuffe, SP Finn… - Cancer letters, 2016 - Elsevier
In the absence of specific treatable mutations, platinum-based chemotherapy remains the
gold standard of treatment for lung cancer patients. However, 5-year survival rates remain …

Cancer stem cells in drug resistant lung cancer: Targeting cell surface markers and signaling pathways

G Leon, L MacDonagh, SP Finn, S Cuffe… - Pharmacology & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Despite advances in anti-
cancer therapies such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapies, five-year …