Cisplatin resistance: preclinical findings and clinical implications

B Köberle, MT Tomicic, S Usanova, B Kaina - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cisplatin is used for the treatment of many types of solid cancers. While testicular cancers
respond remarkably well to cisplatin, the therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin for other solid …

Platinum–DNA interactions and subsequent cellular processes controlling sensitivity to anticancer platinum complexes

S Ahmad - Chemistry & biodiversity, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum‐based compounds are widely used as chemotherapeutics for the treatment of a
variety of cancers. The anticancer activity of cisplatin and other platinum drugs is believed to …

Mechanisms of multidrug resistance in cancer

JP Gillet, MM Gottesman - Multi-drug resistance in cancer, 2010 - Springer
The development of multidrug resistance (MDR) to chemotherapy remains a major
challenge in the treatment of cancer. Resistance exists against every effective anticancer …

MDR1 and ERCC1 expression predict outcome of patients with locally advanced bladder cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy

AC Hoffmann, P Wild, C Leicht, S Bertz, KD Danenberg… - Neoplasia, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The role of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced bladder
cancer still remains to be defined. We hypothesized that assessing the gene expression of …

The role of βIII tubulin in predicting chemoresistance in non-small cell lung cancer

P Sève, T Reiman, C Dumontet - Lung cancer, 2010 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is a leading cause of death among adults. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
accounts for∼ 85% of all lung cancer cases. For more than half of all patients diagnosis …

Tumour regression and ERCC1 nuclear protein expression predict clinical outcome in patients with gastro-oesophageal cancer treated with neoadjuvant …

KR Fareed, A Al-Attar, IN Soomro, PV Kaye… - British journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
Aims: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery is the standard of care for patients
with gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Previously, we validated the utility of the tumour …

Molecular markers in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

PM Wilson, MJ LaBonte, HJ Lenz - The Cancer Journal, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Although significant progress has been made in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment within
the last decade with the approval of multiple new agents, the prognosis for patients with …

Role of ERCC1 promoter hypermethylation in drug resistance to cisplatin in human gliomas

HY Chen, CJ Shao, FR Chen… - … journal of cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Overexpression of ERCC1 mRNA is associated with drug resistance to cisplatin in human
gliomas, but the role of the ERCC1 promoter in drug resistance has not been demonstrated …

Molecular predictive and prognostic markers in colon cancer

T Winder, HJ Lenz - Cancer treatment reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer remains one of the major cancer related death despite progress in the
cytotoxic treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) over the past decade. The introduction of …

Neoadjuvant therapy of locally advanced gastric cancer

JJ Mezhir, LH Tang, DG Coit - Journal of surgical oncology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Treatment of gastric cancer has evolved with the advent of randomized trials
demonstrating chemotherapeutic agents with efficacy in advanced disease. Level I evidence …