ERBB2 in pediatric cancer: innocent until proven guilty.
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چکیده
Adult oncologists and their research colleagues have "led the charge" in the war on cancer. Their efforts have generated effective new chemotherapies that target cancer causing molecular alterations. It is hoped that these successes will be repeated within the pediatric oncology community. Testing whether molecular targeted therapies of adult cancers are also effective against childhood cancers might allow the rapid introduction of these exciting new agents into the pediatric clinic. However, it is imperative that we do not introduce blindly these agents into the pediatric population. We must ensure that molecular targets in adult cancers also fulfill a number of important criteria within the pediatric disease. This review addresses the issues surrounding the identification of molecular targets in pediatric cancers by focusing on studies of the ERBB2 oncogene.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The oncologist
دوره 10 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005