Article
Impact of RUNX2 on drug-resistant human pancreatic cancer cells with p53 mutations.
BMC cancer - 20 Mar 2018
Ozaki Toshinori, Yu Meng, Yin Danjing, Sun Dan, Zhu Yuyan, Bu Youquan, Sang Meixiang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite the remarkable advances in the early diagnosis and treatment, overall 5-year survival rate of patients with pancreatic cancer is less than 10%. Gemcitabine (GEM), a cytidine nucleoside analogue and ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor, is a primary option for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer; however, its clinical efficacy is extremely limited. This unfavorable clinical outcome of...
Topics
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
- Deoxycytidine
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Humans
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Prognosis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
- Gemcitabine
