title: [Prediction of response to antineoplastic agents].
abstract: It now seems possible to predict response to anti-cancer drugs by means of several methods classified into three groups. Methods in the first group are aimed at determining the intracellular mechanisms required for the drugs to act on the tumoral cells; apart from hormone receptor assays, few of these have practical applications. Methods in the second group are concerned with the action of cytostatic drugs on malignant cells; clonogenic cultures and human tumour xenografts in mice are already routinely used. Finally, methods to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of anticancer drugs are being developed. These three groups of methods can be used in the pre-clinical screening of these drugs or at the clinical trial phase to predict individual responses to chemotherapy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: Prévision de la réponse aux agents anticancéreux.