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Association of activated c-Met with NRAS-mutated human melanomas.
International journal of cancer - 15 Jul 2012
Chattopadhyay Chandrani, Ellerhorst Julie A, Ekmekcioglu Suhendan, Greene Victoria R, Davies Michael A, Grimm Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous melanomas can be divided into three mutually exclusive genetic subsets: tumors with mutated BRAF, tumors with mutated NRAS and tumors wild type at both loci (wt/wt). Targeted therapy for melanoma has been advancing with agents directed to mutated BRAF, accounting for 50% of melanoma patients. The c-Met pathway is known to play a role in melanoma tumorigenesis and preliminary data from our laboratory...
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