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Genetic predictors for drug resistance in soft tissue sarcoma: a review of publications in 2004.
Current opinion in oncology - 1 Jul 2005
Fayette Jérôme, Blay Jean-Yves
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Sarcomas are generally managed through a multidisciplinary approach including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Metastatic tumor cells frequently develop resistance to cytotoxic agents. Several molecular mechanisms of drug resistance have been uncovered recently. RECENT FINDINGS: Among genes governing the apoptosis pathway, overexpression of the bcl2 family or mutations of p53 have...
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