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KRAS-targeted therapies in advanced solid cancers: drug the undruggable?

    Khalil Saleh

    *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +33 142 114 211;

    E-mail Address: khalil_saleh@live.com

    Department of Hematology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, 94800, France

    ,
    Manal Kordahi

    Department of Pathology, National Institute of Pathology, Baabda, 1003, Lebanon

    ,
    Tony Felefly

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, School of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, 1100, Lebanon

    ,
    Hampig Raphael Kourie

    Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, 1100, Lebanon

    &
    Nadine Khalife

    Department of Medical Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, 94800, France

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2021-0045
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