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Antitumor impact of p14ARF on gefitinib-resistant non-small cell lung cancers.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Aug 2013
Saito Ken, Takigawa Nagio, Ohtani Naoko, Iioka Hidekazu, Tomita Yuki, Ueda Ryuzo, Fukuoka Junya, Kuwahara Kazuhiko, Ichihara Eiki, Kiura Katsuyuki, Kondo Eisaku
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Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been observed in many malignant tumors and its constitutive signal transduction facilitates the proliferation of tumors. EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as gefitinib, are widely used as a molecular-targeting agent for the inactivation of EGFR signaling and show considerable therapeutic effect in non-small cell lung cancers harboring activating...
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