Some patients with treatment-resistant colorectal cancers may have a new option
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
A subset of colorectal cancers responds to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (anti-EGFR) therapies, but develops resistance within months. Among cancers that develop resistance to anti-EGFR therapy, some showed overexpression of a gene called MET, according to a new study. Preliminary data published in this study showed human tumors with MET amplification, grown in mice, responded to MET inhibitor drugs.