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Doxorubicin-DNA Adducts Induce a Non-Topoisomerase II–Mediated Form of Cell Death
1 May 2006
Abstract excerpt
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is one of the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drugs and exhibits a wide spectrum of activity against solid tumors, lymphomas, and leukemias. Doxorubicin is classified as a topoisomerase II poison, although other mechanisms of action have been characterized. Here, we show that doxorubicin-DNA adducts (formed by the coadministration of doxorubicin with non-toxic doses of...
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