New advances and challenges of targeting cancer stem cells

Nurmaa K. Dashzeveg, Rokana Taftaf, Erika K. Ramos, Luke Torre-Healy, Anastasia Chumakova, Daniel J. Silver, Tyler J. Alban, Maksim Sinyuk, Praveena S. Thiagarajan, Awad M. Jarrar, Soumya M. Turaga, Caner Saygin, Erin Mulkearns-Hubert, Masahiro Hitomi, Jeremy N. Rich, Stanton L. Gerson, Justin D. Lathia, Huiping Liu*

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Abstract

The second International Cancer Stem Cell Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 20–23, 2016, convened 330 attendees from academic, industrial, and clinical organizations. It featured a debate on the concepts and challenges of the cancer stem cells (CSC) as well as CSC-centered scientific sessions on clinical trials, genetics and epigenetics, tumor microenvironment, immune suppression, metastasis, therapeutic resistance, and emerging novel concepts. The conference hosted 35 renowned speakers, 100 posters, 20 short talks, and a preconference workshop. The reported advances of CSC research and therapies fostered new collaborations across national and international borders, and inspired the next generation's young scientists.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5222-5227
Number of pages6
JournalCancer Research
Volume77
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

Funding

The CSC 2016 and the meeting report were partially supported by NIH/NCIR13CA206377 (S.L. Gerson), P30 CA043703 (S.L. Gerson), and R00CA160638 (H. Liu).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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