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Drugging Drug Resistance [PDF]
Resistance to anticancer drugs is widely observed in vitro and in cancer patients, but its prevalence is too high to be solely explained by the acquisition of mutations. Sharma et al. (2010) now report that dynamic chromatin modifications may be an independent route to drug resistance in cancer cells that can be reversed by epigenetic drugs.
Dannenberg, Jan-Hermen, Berns, Anton
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AbstractDespite their centrality to medicine, drugs are not easily defined. We introduce two desiderata for a basic definition of medical drugs. It should: (a) capture everything considered to be a drug in medical contexts and (b) rule out anything that is not considered to be a drug.
Baron, Samuel +2 more
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Drug-Drug Interaction of Antifungal Drugs
This article reviews the in vitro metabolic and the in vivo pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions with antifungal drugs, including fluconazole, itraconazole, micafungin, miconazole, and voriconazole. In the in vitro interaction studies, the effects of antifungal drugs on specific activities of cytochrome P450s (CYPs), including CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19,
Toshiro, Niwa +2 more
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Understanding and documentation of drug–drug interactions (DDIs) are an important component of drug development, and of clinical therapeutics. Because clinical DDI studies are costly, time‐consuming, and involve some risk, not all clinical DDI questions can be realistically addressed through human DDI trials.In vitromodels have been used to identify ...
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A doenca renal cronica (DRC), considerada a grande epidemia deste milenio, tem prevalencia media de 11% nos paises desenvolvidos. Infelizmente, no Brasil ainda nao dispomos de dados definitivos sobre a prevalencia da DRC, contudo, estudo realizado em amostra de 24.248 individuos adultos, utilizando o criterio de DRC baseado em duas determinacoes da ...
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan +18 more
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ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider +15 more
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ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (“Standards”) are evidence‐based guidelines for psychosocial care in pediatric oncology. Care related to the three “Asking and Monitoring” Standards—Assessment of Psychosocial Needs, Assessment of Financial Needs, and Monitoring Neurocognitive Problems ...
Julia B. Tager +8 more
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