Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21062156›Full record

ReviewFuture oncology (London, England)2010

Are cancer stem cells radioresistant?

Walter N Hittelman, Yong Liao, Li Wang, Luka Milas

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Future oncology (London, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Regulating Lipid MetabolismRecent patents on anti-cancer drug discovery · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms ofCancer management and research · 2019
    Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Divergent modulation of normal and neoplastic stem cells by thrombospondin-1 and CD47 signaling.The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology · 2016
    Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Walter N HittelmanDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics - 019, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. whittelm@mdanderson.org
Yong Liao
Li Wang
Luka Milas
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Optical Systems for In Vivo Molecular Imaging of CancerR01CA103830 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI RICHARDS-KORTUM, REBECCA R. · 2004 to 2015
$12.4M
X-RAY BEAM SPECTRA MEASUREMENTP01CA006294 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI ANG, K KIAN · 1985 to 2009
$11.0M
TARGETING COX-2 AND EGFR SIGNALING IN ORAL CARCINOGENESISP01CA106451 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LIPPMAN, SCOTT M · 2004 to 2009
$8.3M
GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF MULTISTEP ORAL TUMORIGENESISR01DE013157 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI HITTELMAN, WALTER N. · 1999 to 2006
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS CA-06294NCI NIH HHS CA-103830NCI NIH HHS CA-106451NCI NIH HHS CA-16672NCI NIH HHS P01 CA006294NCI NIH HHS P01 CA106451NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA103830NIDCR NIH HHS DE 13157NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013157PHS HHS DAMD 17-02-1-0706PHS HHS DAMD 17-1-1-0689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on findings that cancer cell clonogens exhibit stem cell features, it has been suggested that cancer stem-like cells are relatively radioresistant owing to different intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including quiescence, activated radiation response mechanisms (e.g., enhanced DNA repair, upregulated cell cycle control mechanisms and increased free-radical scavengers) and a surrounding microenvironment that enhances cell survival mechanisms (e.g., hypoxia and interaction with stromal elements). However, these radiosensitivity features are probably dynamic in nature and come into play at different times during the course of chemo/radiotherapy. Therefore, different molecularly targeted radiosensitization strategies may be needed at different stages of therapy. This article describes potential sensitization approaches based on the dynamics and changing properties of cancer stem-like cells during therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsRadiation Tolerance

Identifiers

PMID21062156
PMCPMC3059151
OpenAlexW2155952605

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.