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Selective PI3K inhibition by BKM120 and BEZ235 alone or in combination with chemotherapy in wild-type and mutated human gastrointestinal cancer cell lines.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Jun 2012
Mueller Annett, Bachmann Erika, Linnig Monika, Khillimberger Katrin, Schimanski Carl Christoph, Galle Peter R, Moehler Markus
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PURPOSE: New targeted agents like antibodies or small molecules against tyrosine and lipid kinases clearly expand the standard therapy options in oncology. However, tumour resistance is still a challenge, often induced by mutations in growth-related signalling cascades. Twenty and ten percentage of all patients with colorectal and gastric cancers, respectively, carry phosphatidyl-3-kinase (PI3K) mutations and do...
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