The Role of Cancer Stem Cells in Anticancer Therapy Resistance
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 4031
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anticancer drugs resistance; drug repurposing; molecular targeted therapy; predictive markers; receptor tyrosine kinase biology; cellular signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
A Special Issue on the topic "The Role of Cancer Stem Cells in Anticancer Therapy Resistance" is being prepared for the journal IJMS. Despite incredible progress in cancer treatment, the cure rate remains quite low due to the fact that almost all cancer patients develop resistance to anticancer therapies. Cancer treatment elicits specific genetic and epigenetic changes in cancer cells and in the microenvironment in which cancer cells reside, contributing to resistance. Accumulating pieces of evidence suggest that a small subpopulation of cancer cells known as cancer stem cells derive therapy resistance and, thus, cancer relapse. The field is moving forward rapidly, and gaining a better understanding of the features of cancer stem cells is important to establish the foundation of efficient new cancer treatments.
Original manuscripts and reviews dealing with therapy resistance issues in cancer and focusing on cancer stem cells are very welcome from experts in the field.
Dr. Julhash U. Kazi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug resistance
- anticancer therapy
- cancer stem cells
- targeted therapy
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