Chromosome Abnormalities in Skin Fibroblasts Probably Induced by an Anti-cancer Drug

Autor: Naoki Sadamori, Takeo Honda, Fumi Toriyama
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: The Journal of Dermatology. 17:155-158
ISSN: 0385-2407
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01617.x
Popis: Chromosome findings in cultured skin fibroblasts from a patient treated with an anti-cancer drug, pepleomycin sulfate, for his penis cancer are reported. In two batches of specimens (days 16 and 34, respectively), out of 120 cells examined, a total of 26 abnormal cells (21.7%) were found with no common chromosome abnormalities; there were no clones. This cytogenetic pattern of abnormalities without clones in cultured skin fibroblasts differs from that seen in congenital disease or radiation-exposed skin fibroblasts. It is suggested that the anti-cancer agent is the most likely etiological factor for these uncloned chromosome abnormalities in cultured skin fibroblasts.
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