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ArticleChinese journal of cancer2014

Resistance to apoptosis should not be taken as a hallmark of cancer.

Rui-An Wang, Zeng-Shan Li, Qing-Guo Yan, Xiu-Wu Bian, Yan-Qing Ding, Xiang Du, Bao-Cun Sun, Yun-Tian Sun, Xiang-Hong Zhang

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Rui-An WangDepartment of Pathology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P. R. China. wangra@fmmu.edu.cn.
Zeng-Shan Li
Qing-Guo Yan
Xiu-Wu Bian
Yan-Qing Ding
Xiang Du
Bao-Cun Sun
Yun-Tian Sun
Xiang-Hong Zhang

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the research community, resistance to apoptosis is often considered a hallmark of cancer. However, pathologists who diagnose cancer via microscope often see the opposite. Indeed, increased apoptosis and mitosis are usually observed simultaneously in cancerous lesions. Studies have shown that increased apoptosis is associated with cancer aggressiveness and poor clinical outcome. Furthermore, overexpression of Bcl-2, an antiapoptotic protein, is linked with better survival of cancer patients. Conversely, Bax, CD95, Caspase-3, and other apoptosis-inducing proteins have been found to promote carcinogenesis. This notion of the role of apoptosis in cancer is not new; cancer cells were found to be short-lived 88 years ago. Given these observations, resistance to apoptosis should not be considered a hallmark of cancer.

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ApoptosisCarcinogenesisAnimalsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBiomarkers, TumorCaspase 3fas ReceptorHumansLymphoma, B-CellNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Treatment Outcomebcl-2-Associated X ProteinBiomarkers, TumorCaspase 3fas ReceptorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

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PMID24417874
PMCPMC3935005

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