ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2011
CD44: can a cancer-initiating cell profit from an abundantly expressed molecule?
Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01830244 (Tailored Neoadjuvant Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide), which is not on this map. Cited by 601 papers.
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Tailored Neoadjuvant Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide (EC) and Nanoparticle Albumin Bound (Nab) Paclitaxel for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
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601 citing papers in PubMed, 1,104 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
Can an abundantly expressed molecule be a reliable marker for the cancer-initiating cells (CICs; also known as cancer stem cells), which constitute the minority of cells within the mass of a tumour? CD44 has been implicated as a CIC marker in several malignancies of haematopoietic and epithelial origin. Is this a fortuitous coincidence owing to the widespread expression of the molecule or is CD44 expression advantageous as it fulfils some of the special properties that are displayed by CICs, such as self-renewal, niche preparation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and resistance to apoptosis?
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