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FAK inhibition abrogates the malignant phenotype in aggressive pediatric renal tumors.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Apr 2014
Megison Michael L, Gillory Lauren A, Stewart Jerry E, Nabers Hugh C, Mrozcek-Musulman Elizabeth, Beierle Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Despite the tremendous advances in the treatment of childhood kidney tumors, there remain subsets of pediatric renal tumors that continue to pose a therapeutic challenge, mainly malignant rhabdoid kidney tumors and nonosseous renal Ewing sarcoma. Children with advanced, metastatic, or relapsed disease have a poor disease-free survival rate. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase...
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