HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - cancer stem cells: anyone talking about it?

Rich66 · 06-18-2009, 09:08 AM

although it seems to be of help, I don't know if CTC is the same as a "CSC test". I think there are markers such as CD44 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) that can be tested for.
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/26/17/2795
http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/8/4/R41

But I was thinking it would be interesting to see if they couldn't find any CSCs in you. Because...the thought seems to be that current conventional therapies don't kill CSCs. But based on cases like yours, I wonder if certain combinations do. Or maybe there is something unique to your biology that made conventional therapies work better.

06-18-2009, 09:08 AM	#6
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	although it seems to be of help, I don't know if CTC is the same as a "CSC test". I think there are markers such as CD44 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) that can be tested for. http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/full/26/17/2795 http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/8/4/R41 But I was thinking it would be interesting to see if they couldn't find any CSCs in you. Because...the thought seems to be that current conventional therapies don't kill CSCs. But based on cases like yours, I wonder if certain combinations do. Or maybe there is something unique to your biology that made conventional therapies work better.