title: Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Cancer.
abstract: Stem cell-based therapeutic strategies have emerged as very attractive treatment options over the past decade. Stem cells are now being utilized as delivery vehicles especially in cancer therapy to deliver a number of targeted proteins and viruses. This chapter aims to shed light on numerous studies that have successfully employed these strategies to target various cancer types with a special emphasis on numerous aspects that are critical to the success of future stem cell-based therapies for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhere
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: kshah@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Cancer therapy; Delivery vehicles; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Mesenchymal stem cells; Migration; Molecular imaging; Neural stem cells; Targeted therapy