Apoptosis and cancer
In this section you will learn more about the role apoptosis plays in cancer, and how therapeutics can be used to manipulate apoptosis and promote tumor cell death. This section describes the genes that suppress the formation of tumors, as well as the oncogenes that drive proliferation of cancer cells and how these relate to the components of the apoptotic pathways. Therapeutic strategies that target and promote apoptosis will also be described.
- Evasion of apoptosis: a hallmark of cancer. Learn about the different mechanisms that enable cancer cells to evade apoptosis. Read about the genes that suppress the formation of tumors, as well as the oncogenes that drive proliferation of cancer cells and how both relate to the components of the apoptotic pathways
- Apoptosis activation as a therapeutic strategy for cancer. Discover the role apoptosis plays in realizing the therapeutic effect of conventional anticancer therapies (radio- and chemotherapy), as well as the potential that manipulating the apoptotic pathways may have for future anticancer therapies