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Novel MSH6 mutations in treatment-naïve glioblastoma and anaplastic oligodendroglioma contribute to temozolomide resistance independently of MGMT promoter methylation.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Sept 2014
Nguyen Stephanie A, Stechishin Owen D M, Luchman H Artee, Lun Xueqing Q, Senger Donna L, Robbins Stephen M, Cairncross J Gregory, Weiss Samuel
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PURPOSE: The current standard of care for glioblastoma (GBM) involves a combination of surgery, radiotherapy, and temozolomide chemotherapy, but this regimen fails to achieve long-term tumor control. Resistance to temozolomide is largely mediated by expression of the DNA repair enzyme MGMT; however, emerging evidence suggests that inactivation of MSH6 and other mismatch repair proteins plays an important role in...
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