title: The role of focal adhesion kinase in lung cancer.
abstract: Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase implicated in carcinogenesis through its pleitropic effects on cell proliferation, survival and metastasis. This article provides a summary of the existing data implicating FAK in lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 24364, USA. grace.dy@roswellpark.org
authors.forename: Grace K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Dy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases