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Oral rapamycin in the treatment of patients with hamartoma syndromes and PTEN mutation
25 Feb 2011
Abstract excerpt
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvacalba syndrome (BRRS) belongs to the PTEN hamartoma tumor syndromes and is characterized by a high risk of malignancy in early adulthood added to local destructive effects of hamartomas in childhood. There is no standard treatment for this condition and patients are usually offered symptomatic surgical relief. Rapamycin has been reported to be effective in the management of other conditions...
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