[HTML][HTML] Small molecules in targeted cancer therapy: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

L Zhong, Y Li, L Xiong, W Wang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Due to the advantages in efficacy and safety compared with traditional chemotherapy drugs,
targeted therapeutic drugs have become mainstream cancer treatments. Since the first …

Classification and pathology of lung cancer

M Zheng - Surgical Oncology Clinics, 2016 - surgonc.theclinics.com
Significant progress has been made in the understanding of lung cancer biology, due in
large part to advancement in the understanding of tumor biology and pathogenesis …

Molecular basis and rationale for combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

A Leonetti, B Wever, G Mazzaschi, YG Assaraf… - Drug Resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has prompted a paradigm shift in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) treatment, by demonstrating superior efficacy to chemotherapy alone both in …

Combinations of bevacizumab with cancer immunotherapy

DS Chen, H Hurwitz - The Cancer Journal, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Cancer immunotherapy (CIT) has transformed cancer treatment. In particular,
immunotherapies targeting the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)/programmed death 1 …

[HTML][HTML] The critical role of AMPK in driving Akt activation under stress, tumorigenesis and drug resistance

F Han, CF Li, Z Cai, X Zhang, G Jin, WN Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
PI3K/Akt signaling is activated in cancers and governs tumor initiation and progression, but
how Akt is activated under diverse stresses is poorly understood. Here we identify AMPK as …

Targeting EGFRL858R/T790M and EGFRL858R/T790M/C797S resistance mutations in NSCLC: Current developments in medicinal chemistry

X Lu, L Yu, Z Zhang, X Ren, JB Smaill… - Medicinal research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Both the first‐generation reversible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors
gefitinib and erlotinib and the second‐generation covalent epidermal growth factor receptor …

The progress and challenge of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy in treating non-small cell lung cancer

J Qu, Q Mei, L Liu, T Cheng, P Wang… - … in medical oncology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of programmed cell-death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell-death ligand 1 (PD-L1)
inhibitors is the standard therapy for the first-line or second-line treatment of patients with …

[HTML][HTML] YAP and TAZ in lung cancer: oncogenic role and clinical targeting

F Lo Sardo, S Strano, G Blandino - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world and there is no current
treatment able to efficiently treat the disease as the tumor is often diagnosed at an advanced …

[HTML][HTML] miRNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer: current perspectives

M Florczuk, A Szpechcinski… - Targeted oncology, 2017 - Springer
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Up to 85% of lung cancer cases are
diagnosed as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The effectiveness of NSCLC treatment is …

PLK1 and EGFR targeted nanoparticle as a radiation sensitizer for non-small cell lung cancer

M Reda, W Ngamcherdtrakul, S Gu, DS Bejan… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation sensitizers that can selectively act on cancer cells hold great promise to patients
who receive radiation therapy. We developed a novel targeted therapy and radiation …