Cancer Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols

by John S. Yu

Book Overview

Cancer is a devastating disease that affects millions of people in the world. Our the- pies for tumors have mostly been based on classical chemotherapy and antiproliferative treatments. More recently, directed therapies against a causative oncogene have led to prominent reduction in tumor rates for some cancers. For instance, chronic myelogenous leukemia that is due to a BCR-ABL translocation can be targeted with Gleevec. Despite these advances in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588299384
• ISBN13: 9781588299383
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 10.3"