A phase I study of the pan bcl-2 family inhibitor obatoclax mesylate in patients with advanced hematologic malignancies.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on December 15, 2008

Authors

Aaron D Schimmer1, Susan O'Brien, Hagop Kantarjian, Joseph Brandwein, Bruce D Cheson, Mark D Minden, Karen Yee, Farhad Ravandi, Francis Giles, Andre Schuh, Vikas Gupta, Michael Andreeff, Charles Koller, Hong Chang, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Mark Berger, Jean Viallet, Gautam Borthakur

Author Affiliations

1: Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. aaron.schimmer@utoronto.ca

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