Determination of caspase-3 activation fails to predict chemosensitivity in primary acute myeloid leukemia blasts

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ex-vivo chemosensitivity tests that measure cell death induction may predict treatment outcome and, therefore, represent a powerful instrument for clinical decision making in cancer therapy. Such tests are, however, work intensive an...

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Main Authors: Strunk Timo, Tiehen Jan, Staib Peter, Schinköthe Timo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/5/60