Current Status and Perspectives in the Development of Camptothecins

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Camptothecins are cytotoxic agents with a wide spectrum of antitumor activity. The unique mechanism of action, the impressive preclinical efficacy and the clinical success of irinotecan and topotecan have stimulated intensive efforts to identify novel analogues. The development of novel camptothecins was recently rationalized on the basis of the detailed knowledge of mechanism of drug-target interaction and was...

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