Disruption of telomere homeostasis as a new cancer treatment strategy

Memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  Herbert, B S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer clinical trials; Cancer treatments; Targeted therapy; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BEVACIZUMAB; BIBR1532; BORTEZOMIB; BRAC019; CARBOPLATIN; GRN163L; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MUTANT TEMPLATE HTR; N (5,6 DIHYDRO 6 OXO 2 PHENANTHRIDINYL) 2 DIMETHYLAMINOACETAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; RHPS4; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; T OLIGOS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR; TELOMERE TARGETING AGENT; TELOMESTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL AGING; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE;

EID: 77953424942     PISSN: 18655041     EISSN: 18655076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12254-008-0080-8     Document Type: Review

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