From Random Screening of Chemical Libraries to the Optimization of FPP-Competitive Inhibitors of Farnesyltransferase

Together with gene alterations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, mutations of the ras genes represent the most frequent gene modification umancancers. Ras mutations are found in at least 90% of pancreas, 50% of colon, and 30% of both lung and thyroid cancers (1,2).