Abstract:
:Chemotherapy for patients with multiple myeloma was individually selected on the basis of antiproliferative drug sensitivity determined in vitro by a clonogenic assay. Myeloma stem cells were preincubated with various cytostatic drugs and allowed to form colonies in a plasma clot culture system. In 21 out of 24 prospective trials on 14 patients, clinical improvement corresponded to the cytostatic drug sensitivity determined in vitro amounting to a predictive accuracy of 87.5% for the test system. Repeated cytostatic drug sensitivity testing in five untreated patients and in seven patients under intensive chemotherapy during the test intervals indicated the emergence of resistant tumor cell clones in both groups, but the loss of sensitivity was much more pronounced in the cells of patients receiving therapy. Selection of cytostatic drugs according to the results of in vitro antiproliferative drug sensitivity testing of myeloma stem cells should improve the efficacy of subsequent chemotherapy. Furthermore, the surveillance of evolving tumor cell clones by periodical reevaluation of the patient's sensitivity status may add a new dimension to the treatment regimens for multiple myeloma.
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Anticancer Resjournal_title
Anticancer researchauthors
Ludwig H,Fritz Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1981-01-01 00:00:00pages
329-34issue
6eissn
0250-7005issn
1791-7530journal_volume
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更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13287
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11500
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.12098
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.13297
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21873/anticanres.11582
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Anticancer research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00