Abstract:Purpose: Despite recent advances in breast cancer therapy, many patients still experience relapse. Evidence suggests that a sub-population of treatment-resistant “cancer stem cells” (CSCs) may be responsible for recurrence of the disease. Recently, we have shown that nanotechnology-based delivery of curcumin in sterically stabilized phospholipid micelles (C-SSM) significantly improved the anti-cancer stem cell (anti-CSC) activity of free curcumin (C-DMSO) in a tumorsphere formation assay using MCF-7 human brea… Show more
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