cancer: CSC news links

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

For links to recent news items about CSC, visit this [Topsy] page. An example of a news item that has received attention in the past week:

Cancer Stem Cells Are Not 'One Size Fits All,' Lung Cancer Models Show http://bit.ly/bE9F0V & http://bit.ly/amEkFR. Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Fri Jul 02 via TweetDeck

For links to recent news items about CSC, visit this [Topsy] page. An example of a news item that has received attention in the past week:

Max Wicha: Breast cancer stem cells (4 min video) http://bit.ly/bhoNWn (via @cells_nnm). Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Fri Jun 25, 2010 via TweetDeck

For links to recent news items about CSC, visit this [Topsy] page. An example of a news item that has received attention in the past week:

Wellcome Trust - award to PTC Therapeutics, to combat drug-resistant cancers http://bit.ly/cJpUie. Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Wed Jun 09, 2010 via TweetDeck

For links to recent news items about CSC, visit this [Topsy] page. An example of a news item that has received attention in the past week:

Markers on xenograft-initiating cells in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer http://bit.ly/9Xhzbp. Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Fri May 21, 2010 via TweetDeck. [PubMed Citation]

For links to recent news items about CSC, visit this [Topsy] page. Examples of two news items that have received attention in the past week:

New research links ovarian hormones with breast stem-cell growth - Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/brT71E. Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Wed May 06, 2010 via TweetDeck. [PubMed Citation]

Broccoli compound limits breast cancer (about sulforaphane) http://bit.ly/9blnNP & http://bit.ly/aOTSDv. Hashtag: #cancerSC. Posted to Twitter on Wed May 05, 2010 via TweetDeck. [PubMed Citation]

For links to recent news items, visit these [Twitter] or [FriendFeed] pages. Examples of two news items that have received attention:

Distinct expression levels and patterns of stem cell marker, aldehyde dehydrogenase isoform 1 (ALDH1), in human epithelial cancers by Shan Deng and 15 co-authors, including George Coukos and Lin Zhang, PLoS ONE, 2010(Apr 21); 5(4): e10277 [Connbotea bookmark][PubMed Citation][OA full text]. Last sentence of the abstract:
As a novel cancer stem cell marker, ALDH1 can be used for tumors whose corresponding normal tissues express ALDH1 in relatively restricted or limited levels such as breast, lung, ovarian or colon cancer.
AACR: Are Cancer Stem Cells Vulnerable to Trastuzumab? By Ed Susman, MedPage Today (Apr 19) [FriendFeed entry][AACR10 abstract]. Excerpt:
Mathematical modeling suggests that even in women whose breast cancer does not overexpress the HER-2 gene, treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) in the adjuvant setting could wipe out cancer stem cells, researchers reported here.