BookRoberto Scatena, Alvaro Mordente, Bruno Giardina, editors.
Contents:
1. Cancer Stem Cells: A Revisitation of the "Anaplasia" Concept / Roberto Scatena
2. Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: New Insights / Toru Kondo
3. Molecular Biology of Cancer Stem Cells / Oswaldo Keith Okamoto
4. Biomarkers of Cancer Stem Cells / Jun Dou and Ning Gu
5. Cancer Stem Cells and the Microenvironment / Alfonso Colombatti, Carla Danussi, Eliana Pivetta, and Paola Spessotto
6. Leukemia Stem Cells / Steven W. Lane and David A. Williams
7. Cancer Stem Cells and the Central Nervous System / Serdar Korur, Maria Maddalena Lino, and Adrian Merlo
8. Cancer Stem Cells and Glioblastoma Multiforme: Pathophysiological and Clinical Aspects / Akio Soeda, Mark E. Shaffrey, and Deric M. Park
9. Breast Cancer Stem Cells / Nuria Rodríguez Salas, Enrique González González, and Carlos Gamallo Amat
10. Colon Cancer Stem Cells / Ugo Testa
11. Liver Tumor-Initiating Cells/Cancer Stem Cells: Past Studies, Current Status, and Future Perspectives / Kwan Ho Tang, Stephanie Ma, and Xin-Yuan Guan
12. Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells / Erica N. Proctor and Diane M. Simeone
13. Cancer Stem Cells and Renal Carcinoma / Benedetta Bussolati and Giovanni Camussi
14. Cancer Stem Cells: Proteomic Approaches for New Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers / Patrizia Bottoni, Bruno Giardina, and Roberto Scatena
15. Cancer Stem Cells: An Innovative Therapeutic Approach / Roberto Scatena, Patrizia Bottoni, Alessandro Pontoglio, Salvatore Scarà, and Bruno Giardina
16. Cancer Stem Cell and ATP-Binding Cassette: Which Role in Chemoresistance? / Andrea Silvestrini, Elisabetta Meucci, Giuseppe Ettore Martorana, Bruno Giardina, and Alvaro Mordente
17. Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Biological and Clinical Interrelationships / Cinzia Bagalà and Carlo Barone
18. Immunomodulatory Functions of Cancer Stem Cells / Tobias Schatton, Jennifer Y. Lin, and Markus H. Frank.