Reactive oxygen species in cancer stem cells of head and neck squamous cancer

Publication date: Available online 20 June 2018
Source:Seminars in Cancer Biology
Author(s): Xu Qian, Xiaobo Nie, Wenhao Yao, Konrad Klinghammer, Holger Sudhoff, Andreas M. Kaufmann, Andreas E. Albers
One of the greatest challenges in systemic treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a small tumor cell population, namely, cancer stem-like cells (CSC). CSC can regenerate and maintain a heterogenic tumor by their self-renewal capacity. Their potential ability to be more resistant to and survival after chemo- and radiation therapy was also identified. Further studies have shown that reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to this CSC-associated resistance. In this review, we focus on the current knowledge of HNSCC-CSC, with regard to ROS as a possible and novel therapeutic approach in targeting CSC.



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