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FGFR as potential target in the treatment of squamous non small cell lung cancer.
Cancer treatment reviews - 1 Jun 2015
Tiseo Marcello, Gelsomino Francesco, Alfieri Roberta, Cavazzoni Andrea, Bozzetti Cecilia, De Giorgi Anna Maria, Petronini Pier Giorgio, Ardizzoni Andrea
Abstract excerpt
To date therapeutic options for squamous cell lung cancer patients remain scarce because no druggable targets have been identified so far. Aberrant signaling by FGFs (fibroblast growth factors) and FGFRs (fibroblast growth factors receptors) has been implicated in several human cancers and, particularly, in squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). FGFR gene amplifications, somatic missense mutations,...
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