A cancer drug target is only truly validated by demonstrating that a given therapeutic agent is clinically effective and acts through the target against which it was designed. Nevertheless, it is desirable to declare an early-stage drug target as 'validated' before investing in a full-scale drug discovery programme dedicated to it. Although the outcome of validation studies can guide cancer research programmes, strictly defined universal validation criteria have not been established.
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Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Urol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
Univ Hosp Cleveland, Urol Inst, Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Nutr, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
Case Comprehens Canc Ctr, Div Gen Med Sci, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
Louis Stokes Cleveland Vet Affairs Med Ctr, Dept Urol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USACent Univ Punjab, Sch Basic & Appl Sci, Dept Biochem & Microbial Sci, Bathinda 151001, India