EFFAT ALEMZADEH1, LEILA ALLAHQOLI2, AFROOZ MAZIDIMORADI3, ESMAT ALEMZADEH1,4, FAHIMEH GHASEMI4,5, HAMID SALEHINIYA6, IBRAHIM ALKATOUT7,*
Oncology Research, Vol.32, No.5, pp. 831-847, 2024, DOI:10.32604/or.2024.031006
- 23 April 2024
Abstract Ovarian cancer is among the most lethal gynecological cancers, primarily due to the lack of specific symptoms leading to an advanced-stage diagnosis and resistance to chemotherapy. Drug resistance (DR) poses the most significant challenge in treating patients with existing drugs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved three new therapeutic drugs, including two poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (olaparib and niraparib) and one vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor (bevacizumab) for maintenance therapy. However, resistance to these new drugs has emerged. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of DR and exploring new approaches to overcome More >
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