Cancer stem cell enrichment marker CD98: A prognostic factor for survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer
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Cancer stem cell enrichment marker CD98: a prognostic factor for survival in patients with human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer.
PURPOSE Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the relatively good prognosis of patients with a human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) and one of these is a higher sensitivity to (chemo)radiation. Previous studies have suggested that treatment failure in OPSCC patients is caused by resistance of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The purpose of this s...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cancer
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0959-8049
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.11.010