Addition of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) to adjuvant treatment may increase survival in patients with operable breast cancer: interaction of G-CSF with dormant micrometastatic breast cancer cells

All cancers are clonal and represent the progeny of a single cell. The unclear point is which clonogenic cells within the tumor clone possess tumor-initiating cell (T-IC) function and are capable of maintaining tumor growth. Stem cells have the ability to divide almost indefinitely. The division can...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical hypotheses 2004, Vol.63 (1), p.56-58
Hauptverfasser:	Altundag, Kadri, Altundag, Ozden, Elkiran, Emin Tamer, Cengiz, Mustafa, Ozisik, Yavuz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Agents - administration & dosage Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy Breast Neoplasms - surgery Chemotherapy, Adjuvant - methods Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor - administration & dosage Humans Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - prevention & control Neoplastic Stem Cells - drug effects Survival Rate
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