Drug/Radiation Resistance in Cancer Therapy
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2015) | Viewed by 82514
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug resistance; ABC transporter; tyrosine kinase inhibitor; cancer
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Interests: Biomarkers; Anti-Cancer Drugs; Cancer Chemotherapy; Cancer Biology; Developmental Biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The phenomenon of drug and/or radiation resistance has attenuated the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents as well as radiotherapy, and reduced the possibility of successful cancer treatment. Progress has been made in recent years in understanding many of the resistant mechanisms, and of methods to overcome resistance. Scientists have elucidated that Multidrug Resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle to cancer treatment, which can be induced by anticancer drugs and ionizing radiation. The most common mechanisms that produce MDR in cancer cells include: (1) altered cell cycle check points; (2) induction of emergency response genes; (3) enhanced DNA repair; (4) alterations in membrane proteins or lipids; (5) compartmentalization; (6) inhibition of apoptosis; (7) altered drug targets; (8) decreased uptake; and (9) increased efflux of drugs by ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters.
Among the ABC transporters family, ABCB1, ABCG2, and ABCCs are the primary contributors of MDR in cancer cells. Interestingly, the overexpression of ABCB1 has been associated with various cancers, such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and ovarian and thyroid cancers. It has also been shown that increased resistance to both chemotherapy and radiation is a feature of Cancer Stem-like Cells (CSCs): the subset of cells within a tumor that have the ability to drive tumor re-growth or to initiate a metastatic lesion. ABCG2 is implicated as a CSC biomarker in diverse malignancies.
This Special Issue will cover subjects related to recent progress on drug and radiation resistance in cancer therapy. It will increase our understanding of the clinical efficacy and challenges of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in a variety of cancers.
Prof. Dr. Zhe-Sheng (Jason) Chen
Dr. Dong-Hua (Hana) Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multidrug resistance
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- ABC transporters
- cancer stem-like cells
- biomarkers
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