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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer data have been reported by C. Atalay and co-authors
March 12th, 2009
"Drug resistance to chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer results in a decrease in treatment efficacy and in patient survival. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of ABCB1 and ABCC1 gene induction during chemotherapy on disease-free and overall survival of breast cancer patients," scientists writing in the Journal of Chemotherapy report. "Patients with locally advanced breast cancer were prospectively included. All patients were preoperatively treated with chemotherapy and underwent mastectomy. ABCB1 and ABCC1 gene and protein expressions were evaluated both before and after chemotherapy and investigated as molecular predictive...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-12)
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