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Therapeutic efficiency of everolimus and lapatinib in xenograft model of human colorectal carcinoma with KRAS mutation.
Fundamental & clinical pharmacology - 1 Aug 2013
Chu Céline, Noël-Hudson Marie-Sophie, Boige Valérie, Goéré Diane, Marion Sylvie, Polrot Mélanie, Bigot Ludovic, Gonin Patrick, Farinotti Robert, Bonhomme-Faivre Laurence
Abstract excerpt
KRAS mutation is a negative predictive prognostic factor during metastatic colorectal cancer treatment with antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibodies. For affected patients, new therapeutics must be explored. Our objective was to study efficacy of two drugs with different mechanisms of action, everolimus (mTOR inhibitor) and lapatinib (tyrosine kinase inhibitor), in a mouse xenograft model. We chose a model...
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