The impact of molecular targets in cancer drug development: major hurdles and future strategies

A Hebar, P Valent, E Selzer - Expert review of clinical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… declaration of the ‘war on cancer’ by US President Nixon in 1971, researchers still face …
hurdles in cancer drug development and the number of drugs generally approved for oncology

[HTML][HTML] Giving drugs a second chance: overcoming regulatory and financial hurdles in repurposing approved drugs as cancer therapeutics

JJ Hernandez, M Pryszlak, L Smith, C Yanchus… - … in oncology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
cancer drug development, the US Orphan Drug Act incentivizes drug makers to repurpose
drugs … If an anticancer drug benefits pediatric populations, an additional 6 months may also be …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the critical hurdles in cancer immunotherapy

BA Fox, DJ Schendel, LH Butterfield, S Aamdal… - … of translational medicine, 2011 - Springer
… immunotherapy is the original targeted therapy and includes any strategy that utilizes the
anticancer immune response or components of the immune system, as cancer treatment. …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of small molecule cancer drugs: successes, challenges and opportunities

S Hoelder, PA Clarke, P Workman - Molecular oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
… , cultural and funding problems for cancer drug discovery and development, together with …
The four key steps of cancer drug discovery that are covered in this review are highlighted …

European perspective for effective cancer drug development

D Lacombe, S Tejpar, R Salgado, F Cardoso… - … Clinical Oncology, 2014 - nature.com
… advancing drug development and improving medical treatments and how these hurdles can
… opened a promising era of cancer research and drug development. Unfortunately, many …

Hurdles and hopes for cancer treatment

KK Hunt, SA Vorburger - Science, 2002 - science.org
… the current limitations and future potential of gene therapy for the treatment of cancer. … major
restriction in treating cancer with gene therapy is the limitations in specifically targeting tumor

Parallel anticancer drug development and molecular stratification to qualify predictive biomarkers: dealing with obstacles hindering progress

VM Garcia, PA Cassier, J de Bono - Cancer Discovery, 2011 - AACR
… Finally, quality issues in biomarker development have been the subject of numerous … in
the drug development process, and ideally evaluated in the setting of new drug phase 1 trials. …

[HTML][HTML] Hurdles and delays in access to anti-cancer drugs in Europe

F Ades, D Zardavas, C Senterre… - …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
cancer to become the largest public health problem worldwide. To face this challenge, improving
anticancer drug development … More efficacious anticancer drugs must reach patients in …

Drug discovery in paediatric oncology: roadblocks to progress

PC Adamson, PJ Houghton, G Perilongo… - … Clinical Oncology, 2014 - nature.com
… To understand challenges in childhood cancer drug development better, … The next largest
funder is the NIH, which supports … The major hurdle is the lack of access to novel therapies for …

[HTML][HTML] Progressing nanotechnology to improve targeted cancer treatment: overcoming hurdles in its clinical implementation

M Chehelgerdi, M Chehelgerdi, OQB Allela… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
… the context of cancer therapy [6]. The marriage of nanotechnology and cancer treatment holds
the … However, navigating this promising terrain is not devoid of hurdles, encompassing the …