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Cervical Cancer
Research from City University of Hong Kong provides new data on cervical cancer
June 12th, 2008
"Vinblastine (VBL) is used to treat certain kinds of cancer including Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, testicular cancer and cervical carcinoma. However, the rapid development of resistance during therapy remains a major clinical challenge," scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report. "In order to reverse cancer cell resistance, the goal of this study was to find differentially expressed genes and chromosomal alterations in multidrug resistant (MDR) KB-v1 cells, further to probe the relationship between drug resistance and differential genes, and chromosomal changes in MDR cancer cells. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-12)
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