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Exceptional response to everolimus in a novel tuberous sclerosis complex-2 mutation-associated metastatic renal-cell carcinoma.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies - 1 Apr 2018
Alsidawi Samer, Kasi Pashtoon Murtaza
Abstract excerpt
Everolimus, an oral inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, is currently approved for treatment of advanced renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) after failure of initial treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) syndrome can also develop RCC primarily mediated through mTOR signaling. However, the efficacy and duration of response of mTOR inhibition...
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