New strategies in sarcoma: Linking genomic and immunotherapy approaches to molecular subtype

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 4753-4759

  Lim, Jamie ^a   Poulin, Neal M ^a   Nielsen, Torsten O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

4 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 2,3,9 TRIMETHYL 6H THIENO[3,2 F][1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[4,3 A][1,4]DIAZEPINE 6 ACETAMIDE; 6 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) N ETHYL 8 METHOXY 1 METHYL 4H [1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[4,3 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 4 ACETAMIDE; ABBV 075; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZACITIDINE; BAY1238097; BSM 986158; CMB305; CPI 0610; CPI 1205; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DASATINIB; DEC 205; DECITABINE; E7438; FLUDARABINE; GSK 2816126; IPILIMUMAB; LV305; NIVOLUMAB; PACLITAXEL; PAZOPANIB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; RAPAMYCIN; SUNITINIB; TEN 010; TUMOR VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG RESPONSE; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; EPIGENETICS; EWING SARCOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; MYXOSARCOMA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOMICS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMICS; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PRECISION MEDICINE; SARCOMA;

EID: 84947207695     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-0831     Document Type: Article

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