ReviewCureus2022
A Systematic Review of Apoptosis in Correlation With Cancer: Should Apoptosis Be the Ultimate Target for Cancer Treatment?
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Enhanced in vitro anticancer activity of a platinum-Mesalazine complex against colorectal cancer cells apoptotic modulation and evidence of non-intercalative DNA binding.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- A risk score model based on glycosylation-related genes for predicting radioresistance and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Unlocking the Secrets of Regulated Cell Death in Large B-Cell Lymphoma Beyond Apoptosis: Signaling Pathways and Therapeutic Options.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- HDACi induces apoptosis of osteosarcoma cells by inhibiting the MAPK pathway.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Identification of Bioactive Compounds inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Metformin and the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway: implications for cancer, cardiovascular, and central nervous system diseases.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- Phyto-mediated fabrication of silver nanoparticles from Scrophularia striata extract (AgNPs-SSE): a potential inducer of apoptosis in breast cancer cells.Molecular biology reports · 2025Article
- Histone deacetylases in the regulation of cell death and survival mechanisms in resistant BRAF-mutant cancers.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2025Review
- Nerolidol, Bioactive Compound Suppress Growth of HCT-116 Colorectal Cancer Cells Through Cell Cycle Arrest and Induction of Apoptosis.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Targeting Apoptotic Pathway of Cancer Cells with Phytochemicals and Plant-Based Nanomaterials.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Overcoming the therapeutic limitations of EZH2 inhibitors in Burkitt's lymphoma: a comprehensive study on the combined effects of MS1943 and Ibrutinib.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy has become increasingly popular, and there has been an increasing debate on whether apoptosis should be one of the main targets of therapy in cancer management. This study demonstrates the definition of apoptosis, the signaling pathways, and the pathogenesis behind it. We also show the correlation between apoptosis and cancer and how cancer can evade apoptosis to develop resistance to therapy. In addition, we illustrate the efficacy of adding pro-apoptotic therapy to conventional radio-chemotherapy cancer treatment. A systematic review was conducted using PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), and ResearchGate, including papers written in English, focusing on adult and geriatric populations, in literature reviews, systematic reviews, and randomized controlled trials published in the last 25 years with relevance to the question. Based on the findings of this review, we conclude that apoptosis is a very sophisticated programmed cellular death with many signaling pathways. Its evasion should be considered one of the hallmarks of cancer and is responsible for multiple drug resistance (MDR) to cancer therapy. Targeting apoptosis seems promising, especially if combined with radio-chemotherapy.
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