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Cancer
New findings from Fukuoka University, Medical Department describe advances in cancer
June 17th, 2009
"Monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors against ErbB receptors have been developed and have progressed to clinical applications following several decades of research in cancer cell biology. Inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling represents a particularly promising arena,for the application of molecularly targeted cancer therapies," investigators in Fukuoka, Japan report. "In EGFR signaling inhibition, EGFR itself has been recognized as a target in epithelial malignancies, though clinical studies using EGFR antagonists have not always resulted in favorable clinical outcomes. The aberrant enhancement of EGFR ligand expression is...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2009-06-17)
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