Unveiling diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for cervical cancer: biomarker discovery through proteomics approaches and exploring the role of cervical cancer stem cells

Ameneh Jafari, Masoumeh Farahani, Meghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh, Asma Manzari-Tavakoli, Mohsen Yazdani, Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani · 2024

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Ameneh Jafari and five co-authors review the hunt for protein fingerprints that could catch cervical cancer earlier and less invasively. Screening has cut deaths, but compliance stays low and a blood-based test could reach women whom Pap programs miss. Proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins, has begun naming candidate markers and drug targets.

The review also takes up cervical cancer stem cells, the stubborn subpopulation blamed for tumor growth and resistance to therapy. Targeting those cells may matter as much as finding the cancer early. The authors concede practical challenges remain before proteomic tests reach clinics. They argue the approach could still reshape how this cancer is detected and treated.

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CREATORAmeneh Jafari, Masoumeh Farahani, Meghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh, Asma Manzari-Tavakoli, Mohsen Yazdani, Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE71 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10847843

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