Article
Absence of beta-tubulin gene mutation in gastric carcinoma.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Jan 2003
Urano Naomi, Fujiwara Yoshiyuki, Hasegawa Seiichi, Miyoshi Yasuo, Noguchi Shinzaburo, Takiguchi Shuji, Yasuda Takushi, Yano Masahiko, Monden Morito
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Effective chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer is yet to be established. Taxanes, novel anticancer drugs which bind to beta-tubulin and prevent disruption of microtubules, are newly approved and promising agents for advanced and recurrent gastric cancer. To predict the chemoresistance to a taxan in gastric cancer, we examined the genetic mutations of the beta-tubulin gene. METHODS: Fifty pairs of...
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