title: Human tumor stem cells, the petri dish and the patient. A tribute to Sydney E. Salmon.
abstract: During the last ten years, much work has been devoted to the concept of tumor stem cells, a concept first introduced by Virchow in 1855. Despite the importance and the quality of these works, they ignore the major step forward made by SE Salmon and his group from the University ofArizona atTucson, USA, during the seventies'. The purpose of this review is to (i) contribute to the original work of SE Salmon as a pioneer in the field of cancer stem cell research (ii) emphasize the importance of his contribution in this field of research and (iii) underline the other fields of his research, especially in the domain of mathematical oncology. Finally, we would like to show that SE Salmon made Multiple Myeloma a model in Oncology, many study groups being engaged into Myeloma research now in the world.
authors: Cancer Center, Angers, France.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Bataille
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Drouin
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000266:history; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States