Drug Transporters and Multiple Drug Resistance in the Most Common Pediatric Solid Tumors

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Solid tumors account for approximately 30% of all childhood cancers. Although chemotherapy has largely contributed to strongly improve the outcome of children with cancer, multidrug resistance (MDR) remains a major mechanism limiting the overall survival of patients. An increased efflux rate of the anti-neoplastic drugs from cancer cells by action of members of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters is one...

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