The function and therapeutic targeting of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Abstract Lung cancer is the leading cause of death by cancer in North America. A decade ago, genomic rearrangements in the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) receptor tyrosine kinase were identified in a subset of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. Soon after, crizotinib, a small molecule...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-02-01
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Series: | Molecular Cancer |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12943-018-0810-4 |