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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Main Authors: Clarissa Ribeiro Reily Rocha, Matheus Molina Silva, Annabel Quinet, Januario Bispo Cabral-Neto, Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2018-09-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000200317&lng=en&tlng=en