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World J Stem Cells. Oct 26, 2017; 9(10): 169-178
Published online Oct 26, 2017. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v9.i10.169
Published online Oct 26, 2017. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v9.i10.169
Tracing and targeting cancer stem cells: New venture for personalized molecular cancer therapy
Ramin Radpour, Tumor Immunology and Cancer Stem Cells, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, 3008 Bern, Switzerland
Author contributions: Radpour R wrote the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Ramin Radpour, MSc, PhD, Tumor Immunology and Cancer Stem Cells, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 35, 3008 Bern, Switzerland. ramin.radpour@dbmr.unibe.ch
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Received: July 10, 2017
Peer-review started: July 14, 2017
First decision: August 7, 2017
Revised: August 14, 2017
Accepted: September 3, 2017
Article in press: September 4, 2017
Published online: October 26, 2017
Processing time: 105 Days and 15.2 Hours
Peer-review started: July 14, 2017
First decision: August 7, 2017
Revised: August 14, 2017
Accepted: September 3, 2017
Article in press: September 4, 2017
Published online: October 26, 2017
Processing time: 105 Days and 15.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are small subpopulation of the tumor that can survive from conventional treatment, scape from the immune system and can cause recurrence of cancer disease. Therefore, any attempt in detection and selective therapeutic targeting of CSCs will ultimately lead to better cancer treatments and can play an important role in reducing the cancer related mortalities. This review highlights the trends and approaches in CSC tracing, isolating, characterizing and targeting, which are key strategies for a novel personalized molecular cancer therapy.