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Preclinical modeling of combination treatments: fantasy or requirement?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16382044     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Combination chemotherapy is considered the "norm" in cancer chemotherapy. While the development of classical combination regimens took into account factors such as single-agent activity, different toxicity profiles, and advantageous pharmacology of the component drugs, in the era of targeted therapies there are additional considerations such as new mechanisms of resistance due to modulation of pathway dependence. Since it is not feasible to test all of the possible combinations clinically, some method for preclinically identifying and prioritizing promising combinations is necessary. While in vivo animal models can be used for safety testing and some pharmacokinetics, even they can quickly become prohibitively resource intensive for the purpose of efficacy determinations. Therefore, factors such as biologic rationale, reliable in vitro results in more than one tumor type, achievable in vivo pharmacology, and selectivity of primary tumor cell activity become important in the evaluation of potential combination regimens.
Authors:
Shannon Decker; Edward A Sausville
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences     Volume:  1059     ISSN:  0077-8923     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.     Publication Date:  2005 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-12-29     Completed Date:  2006-06-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7506858     Medline TA:  Ann N Y Acad Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  61-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
Disease Models, Animal
Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / methods
Humans
Models, Biological
Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Signal Transduction

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