Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for central nervous system metastases from non‐small cell lung cancer

MS Ahluwalia, K Becker, BP Levy - The Oncologist, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Central nervous system (CNS) metastases are a common complication in patients with
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)‐mutated non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Therapeutic effect of first-line EGFR-TKIs combined with concurrent cranial radiotherapy on NSCLC patients with EGFR activating mutation and brain metastasis: a …

N An, H Wang, J Li, X Zhai, W Jing, W Jia… - OncoTargets and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with EGFR mutation are suffering
from a high incidence of brain metastasis (BM). It is still controversial whether cranial …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation of EGFR mutation subtypes and survival in surgically treated brain metastasis from non-small-cell lung cancer

PS Perng, HP Hsu, PH Lee, CC Huang, CC Lin… - Asian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation is a positive prognostic factor
for survival in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In such patients, brain …

EGFR mutation status of paired cerebrospinal fluid and plasma samples in EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer with leptomeningeal metastases

J Zhao, X Ye, Y Xu, M Chen, W Zhong, Y Sun… - Cancer chemotherapy …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Central nervous system (CNS) is the prevalent site for metastases in epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-relapsed NSCLC patients. To …

Should epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors be considered ideal drugs for the treatment of selected advanced non-small cell lung cancer …

A Rossi, R Pasquale, C Esposito… - Cancer Treatment Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
An ideal target-based agent for the treatment of cancer patients should fulfil a number of
requirements, including the availability of biomarkers to select the target population …

[HTML][HTML] Concurrent brain radiotherapy and EGFR-TKI may improve intracranial metastases control in non-small cell lung cancer and have survival benefit in patients …

Y Liu, L Deng, X Zhou, Y Gong, Y Xu, L Zhou, J Wan… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) has intracranial
activity in EGFR-mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). The optimal timing of brain …

[HTML][HTML] The efficacy and toxicity of afatinib in advanced EGFR-positive non-small-cell lung cancer patients after failure of first-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a …

Y Zhang, S Miao, F Wang, W Fang, G Chen… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The first generation epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors
(EGFR-TKIs), gefitinib and erlotinib, have become the standard first-line treatment for non …

[HTML][HTML] Afatinib in treatment-naive patients with EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma with brain metastasis: a case series

SH Li, MH Hsieh, YF Fang - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were previously
the standard first-line treatments for lung cancers with activating EGFR mutations. The first …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of therapies for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis: an evidence-based Bayesian network pooled study of …

B Zhao, Y Wang, Y Wang, W Chen, L Zhou… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Preferable treatments for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis are elusive. The study intended to estimate the …

EGFR mutation status in brain metastases of non-small cell lung carcinoma

F Burel-Vandenbos, D Ambrosetti, M Coutts… - Journal of neuro …, 2013 - Springer
Brain metastases are a frequent and grave complication of non-small cell lung carcinoma
(NSCLC). The prognosis is generally poor, despite standard therapy based on surgery and …