The BCL2 family: key mediators of the apoptotic response to targeted anticancer therapeutics

AN Hata, JA Engelman, AC Faber - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
The ability of cancer cells to suppress apoptosis is critical for carcinogenesis. The BCL2
family proteins comprise the sentinel network that regulates the mitochondrial or intrinsic …

Acquired resistance to TKIs in solid tumours: learning from lung cancer

DR Camidge, W Pao, LV Sequist - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2014 - nature.com
The use of advanced molecular profiling to direct the use of targeted therapy, such as
tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for patients with advanced-stage non-small-cell lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: current standards and the promise of the future

BA Chan, BGM Hughes - Translational lung cancer research, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, there has been a major paradigm shift in the management of non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC should now be further sub-classified by histology and driver …

Dabrafenib in patients with BRAFV600E-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a single-arm, multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial

D Planchard, TM Kim, J Mazieres, E Quoix… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Activating BRAF V600E (Val600Glu) mutations are found in about 1–
2% of lung adenocarcinomas, which might provide an opportunity for targeted treatment in …

Phase II study of crizotinib in East Asian patients with ROS1-positive advanced non–small-cell lung cancer

YL Wu, JCH Yang, DW Kim, S Lu, J Zhou… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Approximately 1% to 2% of non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) harbor a c-ros
oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearrangement. Crizotinib, an inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase …

Impact of EML4-ALK Variant on Resistance Mechanisms and Clinical Outcomes in ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

JJ Lin, VW Zhu, S Yoda, BY Yeap… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion-positive non–small-cell lung
cancers (NSCLCs) are effectively treated with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) …

TRKing down an old oncogene in a new era of targeted therapy

A Vaishnavi, AT Le, RC Doebele - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
The use of high-throughput next-generation sequencing techniques in multiple tumor types
during the last few years has identified NTRK1, 2, and 3 gene rearrangements encoding …

Activity and safety of ceritinib in patients with ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer (ASCEND-1): updated results from the multicentre, open-label, phase 1 trial

DW Kim, R Mehra, DSW Tan, E Felip… - The lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background ALK-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is sensitive to ALK
tyrosine kinase inhibitors (ALK inhibitors) such as crizotinib, but resistance invariably …

Small cell lung cancer: where do we go from here?

LA Byers, CM Rudin - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease that accounts for approximately
14% of all lung cancers. In the United States, approximately 31,000 patients are diagnosed …

A comprehensive review of protein kinase inhibitors for cancer therapy

R Kannaiyan, D Mahadevan - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Protein kinases are involved in various cellular functions. About 2% of the
human genome encodes for protein kinases. Dysregulation of protein kinases is implicated …