Abstract:Overview
Tumors initially sensitive to chemotherapeutic agents frequently develop resistance to them, resulting in the familiar clinical pattern of initial response followed by a recurrence that no longer responds to therapy. Laboratory and clinical investigation have identified a plethora of drug resistance mechanisms, some that are particular to an individual agent and others that are applicable across classes of agents. These mechanisms include altered cellular accumulation and detoxification of d… Show more
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