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- ItemEditorial: FDA-Approved Drug Repositioning for P-Glycoprotein Overexpressing Resistant Cancer(Frontiers Media S.A, 2021-03) Yoon, Sungpil; Wang, Xiaoju; Vongpunsawad, Sompong; Tromp, Gerard; Kuivaniemi, HelenaAnticancer drugs are an essential part of cancer treatment. Cancer cells can, however, develop resistance to these drugs by e.g., P-glycoprotein 1 (P-gp) overexpression or accumulation of mutations in the genes part of growth signaling pathways, apoptotic pathways, or repair system. Intrinsically, metastatic cancers, advanced-stage cancers, or stem cell-like cancers are usually drug-resistant and difficult to treat using current anticancer drugs. The overexpression of P-gp, also known as multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) or ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 1 (ABCB1), is one of the well-known mechanisms of resistance to anticancer drugs. Stem cell-like cancers often overexpress P-gp on their membranes, which results in inefficient treatment using the currently available anticancer drugs (1). It is, therefore, important to investigate novel therapeutic options to treat the P-gp overexpressing drug-resistant cancer cells. Identifying the mechanisms for targeting these cancers can overcome the inefficiencies of current anticancer drugs and lead to better outcomes for patients with P-gp overexpressing cancers.