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Genetically defined subsets of human pancreatic cancer show unique in vitro chemosensitivity.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Dec 2012
Cui Yunfeng, Brosnan Jacqueline A, Blackford Amanda L, Sur Surojit, Hruban Ralph H, Kinzler Kenneth W, Vogelstein Bert, Maitra Anirban, Diaz Luis A, Iacobuzio-Donahue Christine A, Eshleman James R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth cause of death from cancer in the western world. Majority of patients present with advanced unresectable disease responding poorly to most chemotherapeutic agents. Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer might be improved by adjusting it to individual genetic profiles. We attempt to identify genetic predictors of chemosensitivity to broad classes of anticancer drugs....
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