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SUBMITTER: O'Byrne KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756421 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Byrne Kenneth J KJ Barr Martin P MP Gray Steven G SG
Cancers 20110317 1
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cause of cancer related death in the world. Cisplatin and carboplatin are the most commonly used cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents to treat the disease. These agents, usually combined with drugs such as gemcitabine or pemetrexed, induce objective tumor responses in only 20-30% of patients. Aberrant epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a frequent event in NSCLC. In this article we review the emerging evidence that epigenetics and the ce ...[more]