DNA repair pathways and cisplatin resistance: an intimate relationship
The main goal of chemotherapeutic drugs is to induce massive cell death in tumors. Cisplatin is an antitumor drug widely used to treat several types of cancer. Despite its remarkable efficiency, most tumors show intrinsic or acquired drug resistance. The primary biological target of cisplatin is gen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier España
2018-09-01
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Series: | Clinics |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000200317&lng=en&tlng=en |