Emerging nanomedicine approaches fighting tumor metastasis: animal models, metastasis-targeted drug delivery, phototherapy, and immunotherapy

C Liang, L Xu, G Song, Z Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Metastasis is directly or indirectly responsible for the majority of cancer deaths. Anti-
metastasis treatment is thus the key to cure cancer. Recent development in nanomedicine …

[HTML][HTML] Improving radiotherapy in cancer treatment: Promises and challenges

HHW Chen, MT Kuo - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective radiotherapy for cancer has relied on the promise of maximally eradicating tumor
cells while minimally killing normal cells. Technological advancement has provided state-of …

Cancer stemness, intratumoral heterogeneity, and immune response across cancers

A Miranda, PT Hamilton, AW Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regulatory programs that control the function of stem cells are active in cancer and confer
properties that promote progression and therapy resistance. However, the impact of a stem …

[HTML][HTML] The role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal plasticity in ovarian cancer progression and therapy resistance

N Loret, H Denys, P Tummers, G Berx - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal of all gynecologic malignancies and the eighth leading
cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. The main reasons for this poor …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of an IL6 inflammatory loop mediates trastuzumab resistance in HER2+ breast cancer by expanding the cancer stem cell population

H Korkaya, G Kim, A Davis, F Malik, NL Henry… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Although inactivation of the PTEN gene has been implicated in the development of
resistance to the HER2 targeting antibody trastuzumab, the mechanisms mediating this …

Salinomycin as a drug for targeting human cancer stem cells

C Naujokat, R Steinhart - BioMed Research International, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a subpopulation of tumor cells that possess self‐
renewal and tumor initiation capacity and the ability to give rise to the heterogenous …

Enhanced expression of DNA polymerase eta contributes to cisplatin resistance of ovarian cancer stem cells

AK Srivastava, C Han, R Zhao, T Cui… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) with enhanced tumorigenicity and chemoresistance are believed
to be responsible for treatment failure and tumor relapse in ovarian cancer patients …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma: an update

RN Aravalli, ENK Cressman, CJ Steer - Archives of toxicology, 2013 - Springer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant tumor that accounts
for~ 80% of all liver cancer cases worldwide. It is a multifactorial disease caused by a variety …

Cancer stem cells: acquisition, characteristics, therapeutic implications, targeting strategies and future prospects

AK Yadav, NS Desai - Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2019 - Springer
Since last two decades, the major cancer research has focused on understanding the
characteristic properties and mechanism of formation of Cancer stem cells (CSCs), due to …

[HTML][HTML] The promise of nanoparticles-based radiotherapy in cancer treatment

M Haque, MS Shakil, KM Mahmud - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiotherapy (RT) is used worldwide as a gold standard treatment
approach for cancer management. However, the RT treatment modality contains limitations …