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Radiation/paclitaxel treatment of p53-abnormal non-small cell lung cancer xenograft tumor and associated mechanism.
Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals - 1 May 2012
Li Gang, Zhao Jingfeng, Peng Xianjing, Liang Jian, Deng Xin, Chen Yuxiang
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in key tumor suppressor genes such as tumor protein 53 (TP53) and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) are the main genetic alterations in cancers. TP53 mutations have been found in most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whereas PTEN mutations are rarely found in lung cancer, though most NSCLCs lack PTEN protein synthesis. However, the signaling...
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