title: [Cancer stem cells depend on their own niche].
abstract: It is considered that cancer stem cells have the same characteristics as normal stem cells, such as drug-resistance, self-renewal, differentiation, and tissue-formation. Normal stem cells depend on their surroundings, a niche. Cancer stem cells may also depend on their own niche. Because cancer stem cells are resistant to present remedies, it is important to find a remedy targeting cancer stem cells. The remedy must not only target cancer stem cells themselves but also target the niche surrounding the cancer stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Masamitsu
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authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Katsuya
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authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Shimpei
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authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Takahito
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authors.lastname: Fukusumi
authors.forename: Atsushi
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authors.lastname: Hamabe
authors.forename: Shinichiro
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authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Hisataka
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authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Miyuki
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authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Naotsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haraguchi
authors.forename: Toshihiro
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authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Taroh
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authors.lastname: Satoh
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authors.lastname: Doki
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authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*