Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA): can it be used as a pan-cancer early detection test?

MJ Duffy, J Crown - Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA, DNA shed by cancer cells) is emerging as one of
the most transformative cancer biomarkers discovered to-date. Although potentially useful at …

Overview on Therapeutic Options in Uncommon EGFR Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): New Lights for an Unmet Medical Need

G Pretelli, CC Spagnolo, G Ciappina… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The majority of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations (85–90%) are exon 19
deletions and L858R point mutations of exon 21, characterized by high sensitivity to EGFR …

Frequency, underdiagnosis, and heterogeneity of epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations using real‐world genomic datasets

S Viteri, A Minchom, L Bazhenova, SHI Ou… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations (ex20ins) account
for≤ 12% of all EGFR‐mutant nonsmall cell lung cancers. We analysed real‐world datasets …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic differences between smokers and never-smokers with lung cancer

P Kuśnierczyk - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer, therefore lung cancer epidemiological trends
reflect the past trends of cigarette smoking to a great extent. The geographic patterns in …

Clinical outcomes of afatinib versus osimertinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with uncommon EGFR mutations: a pooled analysis

C Wang, K Zhao, S Hu, W Dong, Y Gong, C Xie - The Oncologist, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the effectiveness of afatinib
compared to that of osimertinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who …

Association of smoking status with non-small cell lung cancer patients harboring uncommon epidermal growth factor receptor mutation

HW Ko, SS Shie, CW Wang, CT Chiu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Uncommon epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations include single
and complex mutations. However, the association of the smoking status of patients with …

Therapeutic efficacy of rare earth carbonate with chemoradiotherapy in late-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a cohort prospective study

Q Cao, X Ye, X Wu, Q Zhang, J Gong, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective To compare the therapeutic effects and adverse reactions of sterilizing rare earth
carbonate combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy and simple concurrent …

From Rarity to Reality: Osimertinib's Promising Horizon in Treating Uncommon EGFR Mutations in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Fukuda, Y Okuma - Clinical Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
In the realm of advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR) therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), addressing optimal …

Prevalence of oncogenic driver mutations in Hispanics/Latin patients with lung cancer. A systematic review and meta-analysis

R Parra-Medina, JP Castañeda-González, L Montoya… - Lung Cancer, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The frequency of actionable mutations varies between races, and
Hispanic/Latino (H/L) people are a population with different proportions of ancestry. Our …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3, 4-dihydro-2H-[1, 4] oxazino [2, 3-f] quinazolin derivatives as EGFR-TKIs

X Qin, P Liu, Y Li, L Hu, Y Liao, T Cao… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Starting with our previously reported work, a novel series of 3, 4-dihydro-2H-[1, 4] oxazino [2,
3-f] quinazolin-derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated as potent EGFR …