New strategies in overcoming acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancer

GR Oxnard, ME Arcila, J Chmielecki, M Ladanyi… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
The management of non–small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has been transformed by the
observation that lung adenocarcinomas harboring mutations in epidermal growth factor …

Personalized medicine in lung cancer: what we need to know

TSK Mok - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2011 - nature.com
Lung cancer is a complex and often fatal disease. The recent discovery of activating
mutations in EGFR and fusion genes involving ALK has set the stage for personalized …

Genotypic and histological evolution of lung cancers acquiring resistance to EGFR inhibitors

LV Sequist, BA Waltman, D Dias-Santagata… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
Lung cancers harboring mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) respond
to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, but drug resistance invariably emerges. To elucidate …

Rebiopsy of lung cancer patients with acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and enhanced detection of the T790M mutation using a locked nucleic acid-based assay

ME Arcila, GR Oxnard, K Nafa, GJ Riely… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Background: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation T790M is reported in
approximately 50% of lung cancers with acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and is a …

Optimization of dosing for EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer with evolutionary cancer modeling

J Chmielecki, J Foo, GR Oxnard… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
Non–small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) that harbor mutations within the epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR) gene are sensitive to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) gefitinib …

Disease Flare after Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Discontinuation in Patients with EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer and Acquired Resistance to Erlotinib or Gefitinib …

JE Chaft, GR Oxnard, CS Sima, MG Kris, VA Miller… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Purpose: Treatment of patients with oncogene-addicted cancers with tyrosine kinase
inhibitors (TKI) is biologically and clinically different than with cytotoxic chemotherapy. We …

Quantitative Detection of EGFR Mutations in Circulating Tumor DNA Derived from Lung Adenocarcinomas

K Taniguchi, J Uchida, K Nishino, T Kumagai… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Purpose: Examination of somatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations is now
a diagnostic routine for treatment of cancer using EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR …

Retreatment with erlotinib: regain of TKI sensitivity following a drug holiday for patients with NSCLC who initially responded to EGFR-TKI treatment

A Becker, L Crombag, DAM Heideman… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) of the epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR) are approved as treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite an …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Y Chen, L Fu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, structural and functional studies reveal that tyrosine kinases (TKs) act as the
essential components of signal transduction pathways that regulate cancer cell proliferation …

Maintained Sensitivity to EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer Recurring after Adjuvant Erlotinib or Gefitinib

GR Oxnard, YY Janjigian, ME Arcila, CS Sima… - Clinical Cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Purpose: Given the unprecedented efficacy of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in
advanced EGFR-mutant lung cancer, adjuvant TKI therapy is an appealing strategy …