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Coactivation of receptor tyrosine kinases in malignant mesothelioma as a rationale for combination targeted therapy.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 May 2011
Brevet Marie, Shimizu Shigeki, Bott Matthew J, Shukla Neerav, Zhou Qin, Olshen Adam B, Rusch Valerie, Ladanyi Marc
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INTRODUCTION: To identify new therapeutic approaches in malignant mesothelioma (MM), we examined the expression and activation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and the effects of specific RTK inhibitors and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor rapamycin; the latter being of special interest in MM given the recent linkage between NF2 loss and mTOR activation. METHODS: We performed a screen for...
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