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Table 1 Summary of cancer drugs in this review

From: Rapamycin and mTOR: a serendipitous discovery and implications for breast cancer

Rapamycin analogues

Known target

Disease

 Temsirolimus

mTOR

Renal cell carcinoma

 Ridaforolimus (formerly known as Deforolimus)

mTOR

Breast cancer

Soft tissue sarcoma

Head and neck cancer

Non-small cell lung cancer

  

Colorectal cancer

 Everolimus

mTOR

Hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer

Inhibitors/Antibodies

  

 Letrozole

Competitive inhibitor of aromatase

Breast cancer

 Tamoxifen

Antagonist of estrogen receptor

Breast cancer

 Trastuzumab

HER2 receptor

Breast cancer

 Aromasin

Aromatase inhibitor

Hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer

 Lapatinib

EGFR

HER2 positive breast cancer