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Targeting brain-tumor stem cells

Nature Biotechnology volume 25, pages 193–194 (2007)Cite this article

Compounds that act on mechanisms associated with resistance of glioblastoma stem cells show efficacy in mouse models.

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Figure 1: Targeting glioblastoma treatment to the tumor stem-cell compartment.

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  1. Roger Stupp is at the Multidisciplinary Oncology Center and Monika E. Hegi is at the Laboratory of Tumor Biology and Genetics and the Department of Neurosurgery, and the NCCR Molecular Oncology, ISREC, University of Lausanne Hospitals, 46 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. roger.stupp@chuv.ch or monika.hegi@chuv.ch,

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