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Genetic load makes cancer cells more sensitive to common drugs: evidence from Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia.
Scientific reports - 16 May 2017
Pavel Ana B, Korolev Kirill S
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Genetic alterations initiate tumors and enable the evolution of drug resistance. The pro-cancer view of mutations is however incomplete, and several studies show that mutational load can reduce tumor fitness. Given its negative effect, genetic load should make tumors more sensitive to anticancer drugs. Here, we test this hypothesis across all major types of cancer from the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia, which...
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