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Identification of genomic changes associated with cisplatin resistance in testicular germ cell tumor cell lines.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jul 2008
Noel Elodie E, Perry Jackie, Chaplin Tracy, Mao Xueying, Cazier Jean-Baptiste, Joel Simon P, Oliver R Tim D, Young Bryan D, Lu Yong-Jie
Abstract excerpt
Since the introduction of cisplatin into the clinic, the treatment of patients with a variety of solid tumors including testicular germ cell tumors, ovarian and lung cancers, has dramatically improved. One of the main causes for therapeutic failure in these malignancies is the development of drug resistance. Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), the most common malignancy in young men, exhibit extreme sensitivity...
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