Phase II study of the mitogen-activated protein kinase 1/2 inhibitor selumetinib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on April 25, 2011

Authors

Bert H O'Neil1, Laura W Goff, John Sae Wook Kauh, Jonathan R Strosberg, Tanios S Bekaii-Saab, Ruey-Min Lee, Aslamuzzaman Kazi, Dominic T Moore, Maria Learoyd, Richard M Lush, Said M Sebti, Daniel M Sullivan

Author Affiliations

1: University of North Carolina, 170 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-730, USA. Bert_oneil@med.unc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Selumetinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer | NCT00604721

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