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mTOR inhibitors sensitize thyroid cancer cells to cytotoxic effect of vemurafenib.
Oncotarget - 24 Nov 2015
Hanly Elyse K, Bednarczyk Robert B, Tuli Neha Y, Moscatello Augustine L, Halicka H Dorota, Li Jiangwei, Geliebter Jan, Darzynkiewicz Zbigniew, Tiwari Raj K
Abstract excerpt
Treatment options for advanced metastatic thyroid cancer patients are limited. Vemurafenib, a BRAFV600E inhibitor, has shown promise in clinical trials although cellular resistance occurs. Combination therapy that includes BRAFV600E inhibition and avoids resistance is a clinical need. We used an in vitro model to examine combination treatment with vemurafenib and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors,...
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