Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. biochemistry Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound
- adj. medicine Describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy
Etymologies
- chemo- + resistant (Wiktionary)
Examples
“First, when we look at the patients in the most chemoresistant category, those that progress during platinum therapy.”
“Phase II results show that NKTR-102 is very active even in these highly chemoresistant patients.”
“And when looks at data in ovarian cancer, it would be easy to make the mistake of lumping all of the results of drugs treating different degrees of chemoresistant ovarian cancer into one pool and then try to compare them.”
“As a predictive biomarker in the development of new treatments for those SCLC tumors that prove to be de novo chemoresistant - possessing properties that render them inherently resistant to existing drug therapies.”
“Blocking endothelial trophic support of chemoresistant genitourinary tumors”
“* As monotherapy for treatment of patients with stage III-IV follicular lymphoma who are chemoresistant or are in their second or subsequent relapse after chemotherapy”
“Weiss said of the approximately 32,000 new cases of small cell lung cancer diagnosed every year, between 15 and 30 percent will be chemoresistant to first-line therapy.”
“The study led by Dr. Weiss proposed to look at how to best identify those SCLC patients who would be chemoresistant.”
“The study led by Dr Weiss proposed to look at how to best identify those SCLC patients who would be chemoresistant.”
“Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world which is highly chemoresistant to currently available chemotherapeutic agents.”
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