Multidrug resistance and behavioural phenotype of cancer cells.

doi:10.1006/cbir.1993.1013

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Multidrug resistance and behavioural phenotype of cancer cells.

Cell biology international - 1 Oct 1993

Bashir I, Sikora K, Foster C S

Abstract excerpt

Resistance to cytotoxic chemotherapy is a major obstacle preventing successful treatment of cancer, allowing dissemination of tumour metastases, and may be viewed as the ultimate cause of death in the majority of patients with a malignant disease. Although cytotoxic chemotherapy is classically em...

Topics

Animals
Antineoplastic Agents
Cell Division
Drug Resistance
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Glycoconjugates
Growth Substances
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasms
Phenotype
Translocation, Genetic
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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