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Epidermal growth factor receptor, protein kinase B/Akt, and glioma response to erlotinib.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 15 Jun 2005
Haas-Kogan Daphne A, Prados Michael D, Tihan Tarik, Eberhard David A, Jelluma Nannette, Arvold Nils D, Baumber Rachel, Lamborn Kathleen R, Kapadia Ami, Malec Mary, Berger Mitchel S, Stokoe David
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BACKGROUND: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib (also known as Tarceva or OSI-774) has shown promising response rates in malignant gliomas. We investigated the association between expression of EGFR and downstream signaling components and the response of malignant gliomas to erlotinib in a phase I trial of erlotinib administered either alone or with the alkylating agent...
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