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Sensitivity of KRAS-Mutant Colorectal Cancers to Combination Therapy That Cotargets MEK and CDK4/6.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jan 2016
Ziemke Elizabeth K, Dosch Joseph S, Maust Joel D, Shettigar Amrith, Sen Ananda, Welling Theodore H, Hardiman Karin M, Sebolt-Leopold Judith S
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PURPOSE: The emerging need for rational combination treatment approaches led us to test the concept that cotargeting MEK and CDK4/6 would prove efficacious in KRAS-mutant (KRAS(mt)) colorectal cancers, where upregulated CDK4 and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma (RB) typify the vast majority of tumors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Initial testing was carried out in the HCT-116 tumor model, which is known to harbor a...
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