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[MDR (Multiple Drug Resistant) type of resistance to chemotherapy in clinical practice].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Aug 1996
Oudard S, Marie J P, Pujade Lauraine E
Abstract excerpt
Multifactorial resistance is the main mechanism of chemotherapy failure in cancers. Multidrug resistance (MDR) is related to the expression of a 170 kDa membrane glycoprotein, the so-called P-glycoprotein (P-gp). This protein is able to extrude drugs of various structures and mechanisms out of the cytoplasm. P-gp is a pronostic value in hemopathy as well as in child sarcoma, osteosarcoma and neuroblastoma....
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