MAPK/ERK Signaling in Osteosarcomas, Ewing Sarcomas and Chondrosarcomas: Therapeutic Implications and Future Directions

The introduction of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs in the 1970’s improved the survival rate of patients with bone sarcomas and allowed limb salvage surgeries. However, since the turn of the century, survival data has plateaued for a subset of metastatic, nonresponding osteo, and/or Ewing sarcomas....

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Main Authors: Chandhanarat Chandhanayingyong, Yuhree Kim, J. Robert Staples, Cody Hahn, Francis Youngin Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Sarcoma
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/404810