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Therapy effect of either paclitaxel or cyclophosphamide combination treatment in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and relation to TP53 gene status.
British journal of cancer - 1 Aug 1998
Smith-Sørensen B, Kaern J, Holm R, Dørum A, Tropé C, Børresen-Dale A L
Abstract excerpt
Cell death after treatment with chemotherapy is exerted by activation of apoptosis, and the p53 protein has been shown to actively participate in this process. This recent focus on TP53 status as a possible determinant of cancer therapy response has raised the question of whether or not mutations in the TP53 gene have an influence on paclitaxel therapy. The TP53 status has been analysed at the DNA level in...
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