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Reversing melanoma cross-resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitors by co-targeting the AKT/mTOR pathway.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Atefi Mohammad, von Euw Erika, Attar Narsis, Ng Charles, Chu Connie, Guo Deliang, Nazarian Ramin, Chmielowski Bartosz, Glaspy John A, Comin-Anduix Begonya, Mischel Paul S, Lo Roger S, Ribas Antoni
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BACKGROUND: The sustained clinical activity of the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib (PLX4032/RG7204) in patients with BRAF(V600) mutant melanoma is limited primarily by the development of acquired resistance leading to tumor progression. Clinical trials are in progress using MEK inhibitors following di...
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