Preface
Part I. The Biology of Cancer Stem Cells
Chapter 1
Cancer Stem Cells: A Quick Walk through the Concepts
Katayoon Pakravan, Mohammad Amin Mahjoub, Sadegh Babashah
Chapter 2
Cellular Plasticity, Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis
Paola Ferrari, Andrea Nicolini
Chapter 3
Cytokine Networks and Cancer Stem Cells
Clifford Liongue, Alister C Ward, Wei Duan, Sarah Shigdar
Chapter 4
Implications of CXCR4/CXCL12 Interaction for Cancer Stem Cell Maintenance and Cancer Progression
Claudia Peitzsch, Monica Cojoc, Ina Kurth, Anna Dubrovska
Chapter 5
Non-coding RNAs in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells
Ryou-u Takahashi, Hiroaki Miyazaki, Takahiro Ochiya
Chapter 6
Self-renewal Pathways in Mammary Stem Cells and Carcinogenesis
Lu Deng, Jiahui Xu, Dong Wang, Suling Liu
Part II. Cancer Stem Cells in Human Malignancies
Chapter 7
Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Giorgia G. Silveira, Joao Paulo Oliveira-Costa, Alfredo Ribeiro-Silva
Chapter 8
Lung Cancer Stem Cells
Gavitt A. Woodard, David M. Jablons
Chapter 9
Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells
Pratima Nangia-Makker, Yingjie Yu, Lulu Farhana, Kulsoom Ahmed, Adhip P.N. Majumdar
Chapter 10
Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
Deepak Ray, Reyhaneh Khoshchehreh, Alexandra Aicher, Christopher Heeschen
Chapter 11
Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells
Luca Persano, Alessandro Della Puppa, Elena Porcù, Francesca Maule, Giampietro Viola
Chapter 12
Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells
Chiara Bianchini, Andrea Ciorba
Chapter 13
Leukemic and Lymphoid Stem Cells
Michael W. Becker, Kristen M. O'Dwyer
Chapter 14
Leukemic Stem Cells in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ugo Testa
Part III. Novel Approaches for Targeting Cancer Stem Cells
Chapter 15
Targeting Key Stemness-Related Pathways in Human Cancers
Kyrsta M Coyle, Margaret L Thomas, Mohammad Sultan, Paola Marcato
Chapter 16
Targeting Cancer Stem Cells and the Tumor Microenvironment
Alice Turdo, Matilde Todaro, Giorgio Stassi
Chapter 17
Cancer Stem Cells and Chemoresistance: Strategies to Overcome Therapeutic Resistance
Margaret L Thomas, Krysta M Coyle, Mohammad Sultan, Paola Marcato
Chapter 18
Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Radioresistance
Aadel A Chaudhuri, Michael S Binkley, Maximilian Diehn
Chapter 19
Therapeutic Implications of Cancer Stem Cell: Challenges and Opportunities in Translational Studies
Chunguang Yang, Kunlin Jin, Yue Zhang, Hong Sun, William C Cho
Index