Chemosensitizer

A chemosensitizer is a drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy, countering the effect of chemoresistance.

Chemosensitizers are being studied for the treatment of multidrug resistant cancer.

References

  1. ↑ Hamed, Ahmed R.; Abdel-Azim, Nahla S.; Shams, Khaled A.; Hammouda, Faiza M. (2019-01-22). "Targeting multidrug resistance in cancer by natural chemosensitizers". Bulletin of the National Research Centre. 43 (1): 8. doi:10.1186/s42269-019-0043-8. ISSN 2522-8307.
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  3. ↑ Roy, Nand K.; Tewari, Devesh; Esposito, Maria Teresa (2022). "Editorial: Chemosensitizing effect of natural products against cancers: Applications in enhancing chemotherapy and immunotherapy". Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13: 988226. doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.988226. ISSN 1663-9812. PMC 9469189. PMID 36110549.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

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