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Resistance to BRAF inhibition in BRAF-mutant colon cancer can be overcome with PI3K inhibition or demethylating agents.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Feb 2013
Mao Muling, Tian Feng, Mariadason John M, Tsao Chun C, Lemos Robert, Dayyani Farshid, Gopal Y N Vashisht, Jiang Zhi-Qin, Wistuba Ignacio I, Tang Xi M, Bornman William G, Bollag Gideon, Mills Gordon B, Powis Garth, Desai Jayesh, Gallick Gary E, Davies Michael A, Kopetz Scott
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PURPOSE: Vemurafenib, a selective inhibitor of BRAF(V600), has shown significant activity in BRAF(V600) melanoma but not in less than 10% of metastatic BRAF(V600) colorectal cancers (CRC), suggesting that studies of the unique hypermethylated phenotype and concurrent oncogenic activation of BRAF(...
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