Defects in the regulation of the cell death machinery occur commonly in cancer, where too little cell death contributes to initiation and propagation of the transformed state. Most existing and potential cancer treatments appear to work through apoptosis, and resistance to apoptotic cell death is now recognized as a major contributor to failure in cancer therapy. Knowledge of the cell death mechanisms will provide insights into our understanding of tumor propagation, and will provide new targets for cancer therapeutics.
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