Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.

Ras activation has been correlated with malignant and metastatic cancer phenotypes and poor prognosis for cancer patients. In the preclinical setting, Ras activation by mutation or EGFR amplification results in increased clonogenic cell survival and decreased tumor growth delay following irradiation...

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Egile Nagusiak: Cengel, K, Mckenna, W
Formatua: Journal article
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: 2005
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Mckenna, W
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description Ras activation has been correlated with malignant and metastatic cancer phenotypes and poor prognosis for cancer patients. In the preclinical setting, Ras activation by mutation or EGFR amplification results in increased clonogenic cell survival and decreased tumor growth delay following irradiation. Activation of the Ras pathway has also been associated with increased risk of local failure and decreased overall survival in patients receiving radiotherapy. Prenyltransferase inhibitors target the post-translational processing of Ras and have been shown to increase the radiosensitivity of human cancer cell lines. In the clinical setting, these inhibitors have been used with concurrent radiotherapy in a small number of phase I clinical trials with acceptable toxicity. Therefore, inhibiting Ras activation represents a promising molecular approach for radiosensitization in cancer therapy.
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spelling oxford-uuid:ceeadf27-e6ac-4b9c-b3d9-65d8e7abf99d2022-03-27T07:38:50ZMolecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ceeadf27-e6ac-4b9c-b3d9-65d8e7abf99dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Cengel, KMckenna, WRas activation has been correlated with malignant and metastatic cancer phenotypes and poor prognosis for cancer patients. In the preclinical setting, Ras activation by mutation or EGFR amplification results in increased clonogenic cell survival and decreased tumor growth delay following irradiation. Activation of the Ras pathway has also been associated with increased risk of local failure and decreased overall survival in patients receiving radiotherapy. Prenyltransferase inhibitors target the post-translational processing of Ras and have been shown to increase the radiosensitivity of human cancer cell lines. In the clinical setting, these inhibitors have been used with concurrent radiotherapy in a small number of phase I clinical trials with acceptable toxicity. Therefore, inhibiting Ras activation represents a promising molecular approach for radiosensitization in cancer therapy.
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Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title_full Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title_fullStr Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title_full_unstemmed Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title_short Molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity: lessons from Ras as a pre-clinical and clinical model.
title_sort molecular targets for altering radiosensitivity lessons from ras as a pre clinical and clinical model
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