Potential new drug effective in breast cancer, melanoma resistant to targeted therapies

Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

LEE011, a small-molecule inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4/6 has showen promising results in drug-resistant melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer when tested in combination with other targeted therapies. Based on these preclinical results, several phase I clinical trials were launched recently.

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