Cancer Institute A national cancer institute
designated cancer center

Jean Y. Tang MD PhD

Publication Details

  • Inhibiting the hedgehog pathway in patients with the basal-cell nevus syndrome.

    Tang JY, Mackay-Wiggan JM, Aszterbaum M, Yauch RL, Lindgren J, Chang K, Coppola C, Chanana AM, Marji J, Bickers DR, Epstein EH. N Engl J Med. 2012; 366 (23): 2180-8

    Dysregulated hedgehog signaling is the pivotal molecular abnormality underlying basal-cell carcinomas. Vismodegib is a new orally administered hedgehog-pathway inhibitor that produces objective responses in locally advanced and metastatic basal-cell carcinomas.

    PubMedID: 22670904

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