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Phase II study of temsirolimus in women with recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer: a trial of the NCIC Clinical Trials Group.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Aug 2011
Oza Amit M, Elit Laurie, Tsao Ming-Sound, Kamel-Reid Suzanne, Biagi Jim, Provencher Diane Michele, Gotlieb Walter H, Hoskins Paul J, Ghatage Prafull, Tonkin Katia S, Mackay Helen J, Mazurka John, Sederias Joana, Ivy Percy, Dancey Janet E, Eisenhauer Elizabeth A
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PURPOSE: Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a tumor suppressor gene, and loss of function mutations are common and appear to be important in the pathogenesis of endometrial carcinomas. Loss of PTEN causes deregulated phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/serine-threonine kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) signaling which may provide neoplastic cells with a selective survival advantage by enhancing...
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