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Cellular resistance to topoisomerase-targeted drugs: from drug uptake to cell death.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Oct 1998
Larsen A K, Skladanowski A
Abstract excerpt
DNA topoisomerase inhibitors are important antineoplastic agents used in the treatment of both leukemias and solid tumors, such as breast, lung and colon cancers. Their clinical usefulness is limited by both natural and acquired tumor cell resistance, which almost always is multifactorial in nature. The resistance can be due to pretarget events, such as drug accumulation, metabolism and intracellular drug...
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