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ReviewInternational journal of radiation biology2014

Cancer stem cells and radioresistance.

Kiera Rycaj, Dean G Tang

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Review in International journal of radiation biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04209790 (Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Resectable Glioblastoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 129 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04209790 phase2terminatednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Resectable Glioblastoma (NeoGlio)

TypeinterventionalSponsorGeisinger ClinicRan2020 to 2022Enrolled2ConditionsGlioblastoma, Surgery, High Grade GliomaArmsNeoadjuvant chemoradiation, Drug Therapy with Temozolomide (benzolamide) (Standard of Care), Surgery post Radiation and Temozolomide (benzolamide)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Metabolic reprogramming and plasticity of cancer stem cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  9. Resistance to Radiotherapy in Cancer.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  19. A perspective on tumor radiation resistance following high-LET radiation treatment.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024
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69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Kiera RycajDepartment of Molecular Carcinogenesis, the University of Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center , Smithville, Texas , USA.
Dean G Tang

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Decoding NanogP8 in TumorigenesisR01CA155693 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI TANG, DEAN G. · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA155693NCI NIH HHS R01-CA155693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRadiation therapy has made significant contributions to cancer treatment. However, despite continuous improvements, tumor recurrence and therapy resistance still occur in a high proportion of patients. One underlying reason for this radioresistance might be attributable to the presence of cancer stem cells (CSC). The purpose of this review is to discuss CSC-specific mechanisms that confer radiation resistance.

conclusionsWe focus our discussions on breast cancer and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and conclude that both CSC-intrinsic and CSC-extrinsic factors as well as adaptive responses in CSC caused by irradiation and microenvironmental changes all make contributions to CSC-mediated radioresistance. Our discussions emphasize CSC as novel therapeutic targets in order to potentiate radiotherapy efficacy.

Indexed as

Radiation ToleranceBreast NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsCancer stem cellshypoxiamicroenvironmentplasticityradiation therapyradioresistanceradiosensitivity

Identifiers

PMID24527669
PMCPMC4341971

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