Pten-A molecule that cancers abuse to overcome their achilles heels

PTEN: Structure, Mechanisms-of-Action, Role in Cell Signaling and Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 102-117

  Suda, Kenichi ^a,b   Mitsudomi, Tetsuya ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired resistance; Inherent resistance; Lung cancer; Molecular target therapy; Oncogenic drivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892905064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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