%0 Journal Article %T DNA repair in cancer therapy: beneficial or harmful %A Professor Dorothee C Dartsch %A PhD %J European Journal of Oncology Pharmacy %D 2011 %I Pharma Publishing & Media Europe %X Alot of research is being performed on the modulation of DNA repair and its exploitation as a therapeutic principle to enhance the effects of chemotherapy. This paper outlines chemotherapy-induced DNA damage, its repair, consequences and the current state of DNA repair inhibitor development. %U http://www.ppme.eu/Publications/EJOP/Journal-information/Previous-issues/EJOP-Vol.5-2011-Issue-3/Oncology-Pharmacy-Practice/DNA-repair-in-cancer-therapy-beneficial-or-harmful