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Role of Topotecan in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Review of Literature

Topotecan (TPT), a chemotherapeutic agent, is a topoisomerase-I inhibitor. Topoisomerase-I is a nuclear enzyme that relieves torsion strain in DNA by opening single strand breaks which helps in DNA replication. TPT inhibits this enzyme, thus preventing DNA replication and causes cell death. TPT has...

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Autores principales: Vennepureddy, Adarsh, Atallah, Jean-Paul, Terjanian, Terenig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28983343
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon950e