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Alectinib shows potent antitumor activity against RET-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Dec 2014
Kodama Tatsushi, Tsukaguchi Toshiyuki, Satoh Yasuko, Yoshida Miyuki, Watanabe Yoshiaki, Kondoh Osamu, Sakamoto Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Alectinib/CH5424802 is a known inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and is being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of ALK fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recently, some RET and ROS1 fusion genes have been implicated as driver oncogenes in NSCLC and have become molecular targets for antitumor agents. This study aims to explore additional target indications of alectinib by...
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