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When patients are given chemotherapy, sometimes their cancer initially responds to treatment, but then starts growing again. This is due to drug resistance.
By understanding more about how cancers become resistant to drugs, and how to tackle this, researchers hope to develop more effective treatments for the disease.
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Latest Drug resistance news from Cancer Research UK
- News story: Scientists uncover reason for second cancers after targeted melanoma treatment
19 January 2012 - Press Release: Scientists discover how to beat resistance to standard leukaemia drug
8 December 2011 - Press Release: New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours
3 August 2011 - News story: Scientists uncover basis for drug resistance in common childhood cancer
20 May 2011 - Press Release: 'Patchwork' of gene faults could help predict cervical cancer drug success
19 January 2011 - News story: New type of stem cell found in prostate
10 September 2009 - Press Release: Discovery 'significant step' in understanding leukaemia drug resistance
8 June 2009 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK scientists discover pattern of genetic faults to predict cancer drug success
4 May 2009 - News story: UK study uncovers clue to cancer drug resistance
13 February 2008 - Press Release: Scientists develop new drug to outflank cancer resistance
11 December 2007
- Press Release: Evolving ovarian cancer cells 'dodge' treatment with chemotherapy
19 December 2011 - News story: Strategy to conquer cancer drug resistance uncovered
9 September 2011 - News story: Protein may provide target for new breast cancer therapies
22 May 2011 - Press Release: Unstable chromosomes cause resistance to cancer drugs
1 March 2011 - Press Release: Scientists unlock key to tamoxifen resistance
23 February 2010 - Press Release: Yeast 'DNA damage sensor' provides chemotherapy resistance clue
11 June 2009 - Press Release: Scientists shed new light on why pancreatic cancer drugs can fail
21 May 2009 - Press Release: Scientists crack the code to tamoxifen resistance
12 November 2008 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK invests £10m in drug discovery
15 January 2008 - News story: Study sheds light on Herceptin resistance in breast cancer
17 October 2007
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