Multidrug resistance in cancer: role of ATP-dependent transporters.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Chemotherapeutics are the most effective treatment for metastatic tumours. However, the ability of cancer cells to become simultaneously resistant to different drugs--a trait known as multidrug resistance--remains a significant impediment to successful chemotherapy. Three decades of multidrug-resistance research have identified a myriad of ways in which cancer cells can elude chemotherapy, and it has become apparent that resistance exists against every effective drug, even our newest agents. Therefore, the ability to predict and circumvent drug resistance is likely to improve chemotherapy.
Medical subject headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins