Impaired gene helps nonsmall-cell lung cancer resist drug
September 30th, 2006
Lung cancer cells with a defective version of a potential tumor suppressor gene are highly resistant to attack by a platinum-based drug commonly used to treat the disease, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report in the cover article of the Oct. 1 edition of Cancer Research.