title: The role of cancer stem cells in cancer metastasis: new perspective and progress.
abstract: Recent studies have identified the important role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in carcinogenesis and relapse. However, with respect to multistage cancer metastasis, the role of CSCs has not been well-defined. In several human cancers, data showed that some phenotypic subsets of CSCs were responsible for cancer metastasis. In this review, we surveyed recent advances in the role and mechanism of metastatic CSCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. wangxiaoliang021@126.com
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuzhen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yushui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*