Foreword by Jane Visvader and Stanton GersonSection I. CSC Overview and Methodology 1. Introduction: Cancer Stem Cells Siddhartha S. Mitra, Joy He, Rogelio Esparza, Gregor Hutter, Samuel H. Cheshier and Irving Weissman 2. Overview: Cancer Stem Cell Self-RenewalMaider Zabala, Neethan A. Lobo, Dalong Qian, Linda J. van Weele, Diane Heiser and Michael F. Clarke 3. Enrichment and Interrogation of Cancer Stem CellsAwad Jarrar, Anastasia Chumakova, Masahiro Hitomi, Justin Lathia Section II. CSCs in Representative Organ systems 4. Critical Updates to the Leukemia Stem Cell ModelYogen Saunthararajah 5. Breast cancer stem cells and the move toward high resolution stem cell systemsBenjamin T. Spike 6. Lung Cancer Stem Cells: Drivers of Genetically and Histologically Complex DiseaseChristine M. Fillmore and Carla F. Kim 7. Colorectal cancer stem cellsSumaiyah Rehman, Jennifer Haynes, Evelyne Lima-Fernandes, Akshita Puri, Andrew Haller, Cherry Leung, Lauren Agro, Yadong Wang, and Catherine A. O'Brien 8. Targeting Bladder Cancer Stem Cells: One-Step Closer To The Clinic?Antonina Kurtova and Keith Syson Chan 9. Cancer Stem Cells as New therapeutic Targets for Ovarian CancerYinu Wang, Fang Fang, Salvatore Condello, Daniela Matei and Kenneth P. Nephew Section III. CSC Features and Mechanisms 10. Understanding Cancer Cells of Origin in Cutaneous TumorsHyeongsun Moon, Leanne R. Donahue, Andrew C. White 11. Asymmetric Division of Cancer Stem CellsClaudia Petritsch and Xiling Shen 12. Metastasis and Metastatic Cells: A Historical Perspective and Current Analysis Kiera Rycaj and Dean G. Tang 13. Metastasis and Evasion from the Host Immune ResponsesAvijeet Chopra, Xia Liu, Huiping Liu 14. Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Associated MacrophagesWenchao Zhou and Shideng Bao 15. The Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance in Cancer Stem CellsChi-Hsuan Chang and Jeffrey M. Rosen 16. Adipose tissue-derived stem cells in regenerative medicine and impact on cancerPraveena S. Thiagarajan, Justin D. Lathia, and Ofer Reizes Section IV. Clinical Applications 17. From Research to the Clinic: Targeting Stem Cell Pathways in CancerAustin Gurney and Timothy Hoey 18. Targeted Therapies for Glioma Stem CellsSwetha J. Sundar, James Wright, Jason K. Hseih & Andrew E. Sloan 19. Circulating tumor cells, cancer stem cells, and emerging microfluidic detection technologies with clinical applicationsMolly Kozminsky and Sunitha Nagrath