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Genomic profiling guides the choice of molecular targeted therapy of pancreatic cancer.
Cancer letters - 10 Jul 2015
Frank Thomas S, Sun Xiaotian, Zhang Yuqing, Yang Jingxuan, Fisher William E, Gingras Marie-Claude, Li Min
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer has the worst five-year survival rate of all malignancies due to its aggressive progression and resistance to therapy. Current therapies are limited to gemcitabine-based chemotherapeutics, surgery, and radiation. The current trend toward "personalized genomic medicine" has the potential to improve the treatment options for pancreatic cancer. Gene identification and genetic alterations like...
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