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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2, 328–329 (1 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0207

Oblimersen and gimatecan in the treatment of human melanoma

De Cesare M et al. (2005) Enhanced antitumour efficacy of gimatecan in combination with Bcl-2 antisense oligonucleotide in human melanoma xenografts. Eur J Cancer 41: 1213–1222 Bcl-2 is thought to be involved in the resistance of melanoma to chemotherapy, and the down-regulation of this protein has therefore been explored as a therapeutic strategy.