Antiproliferative effects of continued mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway inhibition following acquired resistance to BRAF and/or MEK inhibition in melanoma

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1332-1342

  Carlino, Matteo S ^a,b   Gowrishankar, Kavitha ^a   Saunders, Catherine A B ^b   Pupo, Gulietta M ^a   Snoyman, Stephanie ^a   Zhang, Xu Dong ^d   Saw, Robyn ^c   Becker, Therese M ^a   Kefford, Richard F ^a,b,c   Long, Georgina V ^a,b,c   Rizos, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CYCLIN D1; DABRAFENIB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRAMETINIB; VEMURAFENIB;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84880057441     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: 15388514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-13-0011     Document Type: Article

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