Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in cancer treatment

F Ciardiello - 2005 - Future Medicine
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a cellular transmembrane receptor with
tyrosine kinase enzymatic activity which plays a key role in human cancer. EGFR-dependent …

Gefitinib ('Iressa', ZD1839) and new epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors

G Blackledge, S Averbuch - British journal of cancer, 2004 - nature.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a promising target for cancer therapy and a
number of EGFR-targeted agents have been developed. Those most advanced in …

Gefitinib—a novel targeted approach to treating cancer

RS Herbst, M Fukuoka, J Baselga - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Twenty years after the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was identified as a potential
anticancer target, the EGFR inhibitor gefitinib (Iressa; AstraZeneca) has been approved for …

Cetuximab: an IgG1 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of epidermal growth factor receptor-expressing tumours

Y Humblet - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays an essential role in normal cell growth
and differentiation and in the survival of healthy and cancerous cells. EGFR expression is a …

'Targeting'the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase with gefitinib (Iressa®) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

W Pao, VA Miller, MG Kris - Seminars in cancer biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Gefitinib (ZD1839, Iressa®), a selective drug inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR) tyrosine kinase (TK), was recently approved for the treatment of patients with …

20 years since the approval of first EGFR-TKI, gefitinib: Insight and foresight

S Singh, S Sadhukhan, A Sonawane - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2023 - Elsevier
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) actively involves in modulation of various cancer
progression related mechanisms including angiogenesis, differentiation and migration …

Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor in the treatment of colorectal cancer: state of the art

RB Diasio, J Fourie - Drugs, 2006 - Springer
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important mediator of normal cellular
processes such as growth, survival, differentiation and morphogenesis. Disturbances in the …

Epidermal growth factor receptor as a target for chemotherapy

D Vallböhmer, HJ Lenz - Clinical colorectal cancer, 2005 - Elsevier
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in as many as 77% of
colorectal cancer (CRC) cases. The EGFR is known to be involved in carcinogenetic …

[PDF][PDF] Gefitinib in lung cancer therapy: clinical results, predictive markers of response and future perspectives

V Adamo, T Franchina, B Adamo, N Denaro… - Cancer Biology & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past few years, epidermal growth factor receptor has emerged as one of the most
important targets in tumorgenesis and several drugs targeting signal transduction pathways …

[引用][C] Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in colorectal cancer: it's time to get back on target

NJ Meropol - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
A key signature of targeted cancer therapy is selectivity. This selectivity depends on
identification of a target that is tightly associated with the malignant phenotype. Inhibition of …