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Concomitant BRAF and PI3K/mTOR blockade is required for effective treatment of BRAF(V600E) colorectal cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 May 2013
Coffee Erin M, Faber Anthony C, Roper Jatin, Sinnamon Mark J, Goel Gautam, Keung Lily, Wang Wei Vivian, Vecchione Loredana, de Vriendt Veerle, Weinstein Barbara J, Bronson Roderick T, Tejpar Sabine, Xavier Ramnik J, Engelman Jeffrey A, Martin Eric S, Hung Kenneth E
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PURPOSE: BRAF(V600E) mutations are associated with poor clinical prognosis in colorectal cancer (CRC). Although selective BRAF inhibitors are effective for treatment of melanoma, comparable efforts in CRC have been disappointing. Here, we investigated potential mechanisms underlying this resistance to BRAF inhibitors in BRAF(V600E) CRC. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We examined phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/mTOR...
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