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Defining mechanism-based toxicity. Toxicities attributable to the mechanism of action of molecular targeted agents represent on-target modulation in normal tissues. These mechanism-based toxicities can be correlated with clinical benefit when the drug has high selectivity and adequate potency to hit the target and the tumor is addicted to the inhibited pathway.
