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Cell Death Pathways in Response to Antitumor Therapy
1 Jul 2009
Abstract excerpt
Failure to eliminate cancer cells that have been exposed to cytotoxic agents may contribute to the development of resistance to antitumor drugs. A widespread model in present day oncology is that antitumor therapy involves the triggering of tumor cells to undergo apoptosis, and cells that can avoid apoptosis will be resistant to such therapy. Apoptosis is a defined program of cell death that is markedly...
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