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Apoptosis is a physiological mechanism for eliminating superfluous, altered or transformed cells without eliciting damage to normal cells or surrounding tissues. It has become evident that tumor growth is regulated not only by the rate at which tumor cells divide but also by the rate at which they undergo apoptosis. At present, several (chemo)therapeutic agents are known to exert their lethal action...