Report on the International Workshop ‘Cancer stem cells: The mechanisms of radioresistance and biomarker discovery’

Abstract

The aim of the Workshop “Cancer stem cells: The mechanisms of radioresistance and biomarker discovery”, which was held on 23–24 September 2013 at OncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology in Dresden, Germany, was to bring together the most recent viewpoints and insights about: (i) the molecular characterization and regulation of CSC, (ii) the mechanisms of CSC radioresistance, and (iii) the discovery of new CSC targeting therapeutics and biomarkers. In this report some research aspects presented in these three topics are highlighted.

Keywords::

• Radioresistance
• Cancer Stem Cells
• Circulating Tumor Cells
• Metastasis
• Biomarkers
• Hypoxia
• Integrins

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of the paper.