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Head and Neck Cancer

Research from National Tokyo Medical Center in head and neck cancer provides new insights

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 17th, 2010

Scientists discuss in 'Identification of stem-like cells in head and neck cancer cell lines' new findings in head and neck cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Anticancer Research, "This study investigated the existence of stem-like cells in established head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) lines, HSC3 and HSC4. Flow cytometric analysis confirmed the presence of side population (SP) cells excluding Hoechst 33342 in HSC4 cells (0.37±0.06%) but not HSC3 cells in a reserpine-sensitive manner."

"After sorting, the SP cells generated both SP and main population (MP) cells in culture while MP cells generated MP cells only. Higher...

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