Thermodynamic aspects of cancer: Possible role of negative entropy in tumor growth, its relation to kinetic and genetic resistance

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 429-438

  Molnar, Joseph ^a,f   Thornton, Barry S ^b   Molnar, Annamaria ^a   Gaál, Dezso ^c   Luo, Liaofu ^d   Bergmann Leitner, Elke S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Drug resistance; Entropy; Thermogenesis; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DEATH RECEPTOR 4; FAS ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTROPY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THERMODYNAMICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 24744459661     PISSN: 15701808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570180054771473     Document Type: Article

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