New Treatments for Rhabdomyosarcoma: the Importance of Target Practice.
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To address the poor outcomes in rhabdomyosarcoma, particularly the alveolar subtype, new therapies are needed. Potential cancer-specific alterations that may be molecular targets include gene fusions or copy number changes. Following the latter strategy, an attractive antigene approach was developed to inhibit MYCN oncogene expression in rhabdomyosarcoma.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
دوره 18 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012