Cancer stem cells : philosophy and therapies /

"An innovative theory proposes a new therapeutic strategy to break the stalemate in the war on cancer. It is called cancer stem cell (CSC) theory, and Lucie Laplane offers a comprehensive analysis, based on an original interdisciplinary approach that combines biology, biomedical history, and ph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laplane, Lucie, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Cancer cells.
Stem cells.
Cancer > Treatment > Philosophy.
Oncology.
Neoplastic Stem Cells
Stem Cells
Neoplasms > therapy
Medical Oncology
Cellules cancéreuses.
Cellules souches.
Cancer > Traitement > Philosophie.
Cancérologie.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Cell Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Cancer stem cells: a new theory of cancer
  • Cancer stem cells' triumph
  • The CSC theory
  • Part II. The historical emergence of the CSC concept and its driving role in cancers
  • Teratocarcinomas and embryonic stem cells
  • Leukemic and hematopoietic stem cells
  • Part III. Debates on CSCs and stem cells: what are they?
  • Origin, stemness, and stem cells: the meaning of words
  • Stem cell identity
  • Part IV. The identity of stemness and its consequences for cancer therapies
  • If stemness is a categorical or a dispositional property, how can we cure cancers?
  • If stemness is a relational or systemic property, how can we cure cancer?

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