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Mechanisms of acquired resistance to rapalogs in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2018
Hamieh Lana, Choueiri Toni K, Ogórek Barbara, Khabibullin Damir, Rosebrock Daniel, Livitz Dimitri, Fay Andre, Pignon Jean-Christophe, McDermott David F, Agarwal Neeraj, Gao Wenhua, Signoretti Sabina, Kwiatkowski David J
Abstract excerpt
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is an established therapeutic target in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Mechanisms of secondary resistance to rapalog therapy in RCC have not been studied previously. We identified six patients with metastatic RCC who initially responded to mTOR inhibitor therapy and then progressed, and had pre-treatment and post-treatment tumor samples available for analysis. We performed...
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