Evidence against apoptosis as a major mechanism for reproductive cell death following treatment of cell lines with anti-cancer drugs

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An increase in apoptotic cells may be observed after treatment with chemotherapy, and many authors have assumed that anti-cancer drugs kill cells by inducing apoptosis. The most relevant endpoint of cell death following treatment of tumour cells is loss of reproductive ability as measured by a colony-forming assay, since cells with limited reproductive potential cannot regenerate a tumour. We have therefore...

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