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Targeting the ERK mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade for the treatment of KRAS-mutant pancreatic cancer.
Advances in cancer research - 1 Jan 2022
Diehl J Nathaniel, Hibshman Priya S, Ozkan-Dagliyan Irem, Goodwin Craig M, Howard Sarah V, Cox Adrienne D, Der Channing J
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Mutational activation of the KRAS oncogene is found in ~95% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the major form of pancreatic cancer. With substantial experimental evidence that continued aberrant KRAS function is essential for the maintenance of PDAC tumorigenic growth, the National Cancer Institute has identified the development of effective anti-KRAS therapies as one of four major initiatives for...
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