Barry H Smith, Tapan Parikh, Zoe P Andrada, Thomas J Fahey, Nathaniel Berman, Madeline Wiles, Angelica Nazarian, Joanne Thomas, Anna Arreglado, Eugene Akahoho, David J Wolf, Daniel M Levine, Thomas S Parker, Lawrence S Gazda, Allyson J Ocean
PURPOSE: Agarose macrobeads containing mouse renal adenocarcinoma cells (RMBs) release factors, suppressing the growth of cancer cells and prolonging survival in spontaneous or induced tumor animals, mediated, in part, by increased levels of myocyte-enhancing factor (MEF2D) via EGFR-and AKT-signaling pathways. The primary objective of this study was to determine the safety of RMBs in advanced, treatment-resistant metastatic cancers, and then its efficacy (survival), which is the secondary objective...
2016: Cancer Growth and Metastasis