Crizotinib for the Treatment of ALK-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Success Story to Usher in the Second Decade of Molecular Targeted Therapy in …

SHI Ou, CH Bartlett, M Mino-Kenudson, J Cui… - The …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Crizotinib, an ALK/MET/ROS1 inhibitor, was approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration for the treatment of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged non-small …

Recurrent oral cancer: current and emerging therapeutic approaches

SD da Silva, M Hier, A Mlynarek, LP Kowalski… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Oral cavity cancer (OCC) is associated with high incidence of loco-regional recurrences,
which account for the majority of treatment failures post-surgery and radiotherapy. The time …

[HTML][HTML] Local ablative therapy of oligoprogressive disease prolongs disease control by tyrosine kinase inhibitors in oncogene-addicted non–small-cell lung cancer

AJ Weickhardt, B Scheier, JM Burke, G Gan… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction: Many patients with oncogene-driven non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors experience limited sites of disease progression. This …

Metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

S Peters, AA Adjei, C Gridelli, M Reck… - Annals of …, 2012 - annalsofoncology.org
Primary lung cancer is the most common malignancy after non-melanocytic skin cancer, and
the leading cause of human cancer deaths worldwide [1]. While it has been the most …

Afatinib for patients with lung adenocarcinoma and epidermal growth factor receptor mutations (LUX-Lung 2): a phase 2 trial

JCH Yang, JY Shih, WC Su, TC Hsia, CM Tsai… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Afatinib is an irreversible ErbB-family blocker with preclinical activity in non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR mutations. We aimed to assess the efficacy of …

Reactivation of ERK signaling causes resistance to EGFR kinase inhibitors

D Ercan, C Xu, M Yanagita, CS Monast, CA Pratilas… - Cancer discovery, 2012 - AACR
The clinical efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitors is limited
by the development of drug resistance. The irreversible EGFR kinase inhibitor WZ4002 is …

[PDF][PDF] First-line erlotinib followed by second-line cisplatin-gemcitabine chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: the TORCH randomized trial

C Gridelli, F Ciardiello, C Gallo, R Feld, C Butts… - J Clin Oncol, 2012 - academia.edu
Purpose Erlotinib prolonged survival of unselected patients with advanced non–small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) who were not eligible for further chemotherapy, and two phase II …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of chemotherapy on EGFR mutation status among patients with non–small-cell lung cancer

H Bai, Z Wang, K Chen, J Zhao, JJ Lee… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose EGFR mutation is a predictor of epidermal growth factor receptor–tyrosine kinase
inhibitor treatment response in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct clinical course of EGFR-mutant resected lung cancers: results of testing of 1118 surgical specimens and effects of adjuvant gefitinib and erlotinib

SP D'Angelo, YY Janjigian, N Ahye, GJ Riely… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: EGFR and KRAS mutations are mutually exclusive and predict outcomes with
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment in patients …

First-line erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer unsuitable for chemotherapy (TOPICAL): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

SM Lee, I Khan, S Upadhyay, C Lewanski… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Many patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receive only
active supportive care because of poor performance status or presence of several …