Association of drug transporter expression with mortality and progression-free survival in stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Drug transporters such as P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) have been associated with chemotherapy resistance and are considered unfavorable prognostic factors for survival of cancer patients. Analyzing mRNA expression levels of a subset of drug transporters by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase cha...

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Main Authors: Rolf Warta, Dirk Theile, Carolin Mogler, Esther Herpel, Niels Grabe, Bernd Lahrmann, Peter K Plinkert, Christel Herold-Mende, Johanna Weiss, Gerhard Dyckhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183512?pdf=render