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Apoptosis as a determinant of tumor sensitivity to topotecan in human ovarian tumors: preclinical in vitro/in vivo studies.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 1997
Caserini C, Pratesi G, Tortoreto M, Bedogné B, Carenini N, Supino R, Perego P, Righetti S C, Zunino F
Abstract excerpt
Preclinical and clinical studies have documented the pharmacological interest in camptothecin derivatives in the treatment of resistant tumors. In particular, topotecan, a water-soluble derivative, exhibited promising activity in pretreated ovarian carcinoma. The present study investigated the pattern of tumor response in two human ovarian carcinoma xenografts and in their cisplatin-resistant sublines...
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