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- Title
Combination Approach: the Future of the War Against Cancer.
- Authors
Chen, Lan; Malhotra, Anshoo
- Abstract
Cancer remains one of the major health problems worldwide and is responsible for one in eight deaths. The worldwide research against cancer as well as genome wide association studies was successful in indentifying the loci associated with cancer but still a substantial amount of casualty remains unexplained. The reason being the cancer cell rapidly develops resistance against the chemotherapeutic or chemopreventive agent in use. Over the last decade, the thorough understanding of molecular and biochemical mechanisms of the carcinogenesis process lead to the rationale of combining anti-cancer agents (therapeutic as well as chemopreventive) to target multiple pathways. Scientists, the world over trying various combinations of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, chemopreventive agents, nanoparticles, etc., in order to specifically as well as efficiently target cancer cells. The present review article summarizes the recent advances in the combination approach against cancer in order to enhance efficacy of treatment with minimal side effects.
- Subjects
CANCER research; CANCER chemotherapy; CANCER cells; CANCER-related mortality; CANCER radiotherapy; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents
- Publication
Cell Biochemistry & Biophysics, 2015, Vol 72, Issue 3, p637
- ISSN
1085-9195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12013-015-0549-0