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Cancer Research UK

Xenograft response to cisplatin can occur regardless of p53 status

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, December 26th, 2004

According to recent research from England, "The detailed molecular basis and determinants of in vivo tumor sensitivity to conventional anticancer agents remain unclear.

"We examined the cellular and molecular consequences of cisplatin treatment using two ovarian tumor xenograft models that had not been previously adapted to culture in vitro. Both xenografts were curable with clinically relevant multiple doses of cisplatin," reported Cancer Research UK scientist P.A. Clarke and colleagues.

"Following a single dose of cisplatin (6 mg/kg i.p.) growth delays of 25 and 75 days were obtained for pxn100 and pxn65, respectively," they said, noting that the...

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