Targeting FAK in human cancer: from finding to first clinical trials.

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Published in Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) on January 01, 2014

Authors

Vita M Golubovskaya1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.

Associated clinical trials:

Phase I/Ib Study of Paclitaxel in Combination With VS-6063 in Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer | NCT01778803

Phase I Dose Escalation Study of VS-4718 in Subjects With Metastatic Non-Hematologic Malignancies | NCT01849744

Study of a Focal Adhesion Kinase Inhibitor in Subjects With Solid Tumors | NCT01138033

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