Journal: Melanoma research

Article Title: Inflammatory regulation of stem-like cells in melanoma.

PMID/MRN: 27764061

Publication Date: 2016-Oct-19

Abstract:

The link between inflammation, immunity and cancer is well established. In the last decade, there has been considerable excitement over cancer stem cells, believed to be a subset of tumour cells responsible for their initiation, propagation and resistance to conventional chemoradiotherapy. In this review, we discuss the characterization of cancer stem cells and describe their modulation by inflammation with a focus on melanoma.