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Targeting mTOR in RET mutant medullary and differentiated thyroid cancer cells.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Oct 2013
Gild Matti L, Landa Iñigo, Ryder Mabel, Ghossein Ronald A, Knauf Jeffrey A, Fagin James A
Abstract excerpt
Inhibitors of RET, a tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by a gene that is frequently mutated in medullary thyroid cancer, have emerged as promising novel therapies for the disease. Rapalogs and other mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are effective agents in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, which share lineage properties with medullary thyroid carcinomas. The objective of...
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