The effectiveness of erlotinib against brain metastases in non-small cell lung cancer patients

H Bai, B Han - American journal of clinical oncology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Brain metastases commonly occur in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and
patient prognosis is poor. Erlotinib, a specific inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor …

Gefitinib in patients with brain metastases from non–small-cell lung cancer: review of 15 clinical cases

Y Namba, T Kijima, S Yokota, M Niinaka… - Clinical lung cancer, 2004 - Elsevier
The clinical efficacy of gefitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR), on brain metastases (BMs) from non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was …

Combined action of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and whole-brain radiotherapy on EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer patients with brain metastasis

Y Lu, Y Fan - OncoTargets and therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer to spread to the brain (brain
metastasis [BM]). This study assessed the effect of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) …

EGFR mutant status and tyrosine-kinase inhibitors affect the GKRS outcomes for NSCLC brain metastases

HR Liao, CL Chiang, CI Shen, CJ Chen… - Journal of Neuro …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Objective Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is the first-line treatment for EGFR-
positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, its applicability to patients with wild …

Role of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors and radiation in the management of brain metastases from EGFR mutant lung cancers

MJ Khandekar, Z Piotrowska, H Willers… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The growth of genotype‐directed targeted therapies, such as inhibitors of the epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR), has revolutionized treatment for some patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapy for asymptomatic brain metastasis in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small cell lung cancer without prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors …

SR Liu, B Qiu, LK Chen, F Wang, Y Liang, PQ Cai… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis (BM) harboring an
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation shows good response to tyrosine kinase …

First‐line epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)–tyrosine kinase inhibitor alone or with whole‐brain radiotherapy for brain metastases in patients with EGFR …

Y Chen, J Yang, X Li, D Hao, X Wu, Y Yang… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We proposed to compare the outcomes of first‐line epidermal growth factor receptor–
tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR‐TKI) alone with EGFR‐TKI plus whole‐brain radiotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors of brain metastasis during the course of EGFR-TKIs therapy for patients with EGFR-mutated advanced lung adenocarcinoma

X Ma, H Zhu, H Guo, A Han, H Wang, W Jing, Y Zhang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Controversial value of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in NSCLC in terms of survival
benefit prompted us to explore the possible risk factors for brain metastasis (BM) during the …

Gefitinib in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis

C Wu, LY Li, MZ Wang, L Zhang, XT Zhang… - Zhonghua Zhong liu …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Objective Brain metastasis is frequently found in patient with advanced non-small cell lung
cancer. Gefitinib is a inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor and can be used for the …

[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 …