[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

[HTML][HTML] The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies

SR Punekar, V Velcheti, BG Neel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being the most frequently altered oncogenic protein in solid tumours, KRAS has
historically been considered 'undruggable'owing to a lack of pharmacologically targetable …

[HTML][HTML] Single-Agent Divarasib (GDC-6036) in Solid Tumors with a KRAS G12C Mutation

A Sacher, P LoRusso, MR Patel… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Divarasib (GDC-6036) is a covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor that was
designed to have high potency and selectivity. Methods In a phase 1 study, we evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-KRAS inhibitor disables oncogenic signalling and tumour growth

D Kim, L Herdeis, D Rudolph, Y Zhao, J Böttcher… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated proteins in cancer, and efforts to directly inhibit
its function have been continuing for decades. The most successful of these has been the …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS mutation: from undruggable to druggable in cancer

L Huang, Z Guo, F Wang, L Fu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, and its treatment and outcomes have been
dramatically revolutionised by targeted therapies. As the most frequently mutated oncogene …

Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H Jin, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

Toward personalized treatment approaches for non-small-cell lung cancer

M Wang, RS Herbst, C Boshoff - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Molecular
targeted therapies and immunotherapies for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have …

[HTML][HTML] Translational advances in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma therapy

AN Hosein, SK Dougan, AJ Aguirre, A Maitra - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer that is most frequently
detected at advanced stages, limiting treatment options to systemic chemotherapy with …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived xenograft models in cancer therapy: technologies and applications

Y Liu, W Wu, C Cai, H Zhang, H Shen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, in which tumor tissues from patients are implanted
into immunocompromised or humanized mice, have shown superiority in recapitulating the …

Acquired Resistance to KRASG12C Inhibition in Cancer

MM Awad, S Liu, II Rybkin, KC Arbour… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Clinical trials of the KRAS inhibitors adagrasib and sotorasib have shown
promising activity in cancers harboring KRAS glycine-to-cysteine amino acid substitutions at …