ALKoma: A cancer subtype with a shared target

Cancer Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-502

  Mano, Hiroyuki ^a,b,c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; AP 26113; ASP 3026; BCR ABL PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CH 5424802; CRIZOTINIB; EML4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; LDK 378; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN;

ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER; ANIMAL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUSION GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; PYRAZOLES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84866322989     PISSN: 21598274     EISSN: 21598290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-12-0009     Document Type: Review

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