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p53-dependent apoptosis in melanoma cells after treatment with camptothecin.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 2000
Li G, Bush J A, Ho V C
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous malignant melanoma is a life-threatening cancer with poor prognosis due to a high metastasis potential. The main obstacle in treatment of metastatic melanoma is the resistance to chemotherapy. Recent studies indicated that apoptosis is a common mechanism of action for various cytotoxic agents. As p53 plays an important part in apoptosis, we investigated the role of p53 in chemosensitivity of melanoma...
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