Targeted therapy for colorectal cancer metastases: A review of current methods of molecularly targeted therapy and the use of tumor biomarkers in the treatment of …

S Piawah, AP Venook - Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recent advances in the management of colorectal cancer, metastatic disease
remains challenging, and patients are rarely cured. However, a better understanding of the …

Colorectal cancer: genetic abnormalities, tumor progression, tumor heterogeneity, clonal evolution and tumor-initiating cells

U Testa, E Pelosi, G Castelli - Medical Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. Most colorectal cancer
occurrences are sporadic, not related to genetic predisposition or family history; however, 20 …

Health-related quality of life in patients with microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer treated with first-line pembrolizumab …

T Andre, M Amonkar, JM Norquist, KK Shiu… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background In the KEYNOTE-177 study, pembrolizumab monotherapy provided statistically
significant and clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival versus …

The role of the tumor microenvironment and treatment strategies in colorectal cancer

Y Chen, X Zheng, C Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) has the second highest mortality rate among all cancers
worldwide. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, molecular targeting and other treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Rethink of EGFR in cancer with its kinase independent function on board

R Thomas, Z Weihua - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is one of most potent oncogenes that are
commonly altered in cancers. As a receptor tyrosine kinase, EGFR's kinase activity has been …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting ATF4-dependent pro-survival autophagy to synergize glutaminolysis inhibition

S Han, L Zhu, Y Zhu, Y Meng, J Li, P Song… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As glutamine plays a central role in cancer metabolism, inhibition of glutaminolysis has
become an ideal anticancer therapeutic target. However, glutaminolysis inhibition leads to …

An overview of epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors in cancer therapy

KS Alharbi, MAJ Shaikh, O Afzal, ASA Altamimi… - Chemico-biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR), a transmembrane receptor on the cell surface,
carries extracellular messages into the cell and alters the activity of the nucleus through …

A third shot at EGFR: new opportunities in cancer therapy

S Guardiola, M Varese, M Sanchez-Navarro… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors were among the first type of targeted
agents discovered in cancer and currently constitute the standard of care for a wide range of …

An update of efficacy and safety of cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer: a narrative review

G Fornasier, S Francescon, P Baldo - Advances in therapy, 2018 - Springer
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer, representing 13% of all diagnosed
cancers. Cetuximab is a recombinant chimeric monoclonal IgG1 antibody and epidermal …

Cancer: the dark side of wound healing

GM Sundaram, S Quah, P Sampath - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Complex multicellular organisms have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to rapidly resolve
epithelial injuries. Epithelial integrity is critical to maintaining internal homeostasis. An …