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Dissecting “PI3Kness”: The Complexity of Personalized Therapy for Ovarian Cancer
1 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial ovarian cancers exhibit marked heterogeneity and can be divided into low-grade type I and more prevalent high-grade type II lesions that differ in stage at diagnosis, rate of growth, and susceptibility to platinum-based chemotherapy. Activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase (PI3K) pathway occurs in a significant fraction of both types of ovarian cancer, driven predominantly by mutations in type...
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