Palbociclib Induces Senescence in Melanoma and Breast Cancer Cells and Leads to Additive Growth Arrest in Combination With Irradiation

IntroductionSeveral kinase inhibitors (KI) bear the potential to act as radiosensitizers. Little is known of the radiosensitizing effects of a wide range of other KI like palbociclib, which is approved in ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.MethodIn our study, we used healthy donor fibroblasts and br...

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Main Authors: Tina Jost, Lucie Heinzerling, Rainer Fietkau, Markus Hecht, Luitpold V. Distel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.740002/full