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EGFR and HER2 signals play a salvage role in MEK1-mutated gastric cancer after MEK inhibition.
International journal of oncology - 1 Aug 2015
Mizukami Takuro, Togashi Yosuke, Sogabe Shunsuke, Banno Eri, Terashima Masato, De Velasco Marco A, Sakai Kazuko, Fujita Yoshihiko, Tomida Shuta, Nakajima Takako Eguchi, Boku Narikazu, Nishio Kazuto
Abstract excerpt
Since the prognosis of unresectable advanced gastric cancer remains poor, novel therapeutic strategies are needed. Somatic MEK1 gene mutations have been reported as oncogenic activating mutations in gastric cancer, and MEK inhibitors can be effective against such gastric cancers. In the present study, however, activated EGFR and HER2 signals after treatment with a MEK inhibitor (trametinib) were found in a...
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