Biomarker enrichment strategies: matching trial design to biomarker credentials

B Freidlin, EL Korn - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2014 - nature.com
The use of biomarkers to identify patients who can benefit from treatment with a specific
anticancer agent has the potential to both improve patient care and accelerate drug …

Endocrine side-effects of anti-cancer drugs: thyroid effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitors

F Illouz, D Braun, C Briet, U Schweizer… - European journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are currently used by most oncologists. Among their side
effects, thyroid dysfunctions are nowadays clearly observed. Whereas changes in thyroid …

Docetaxel plus nintedanib versus docetaxel plus placebo in patients with previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (LUME-Lung 1): a phase 3, double-blind …

M Reck, R Kaiser, A Mellemgaard, JY Douillard… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The phase 3 LUME-Lung 1 study assessed the efficacy and safety of
docetaxel plus nintedanib as second-line therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

[HTML][HTML] Randomised, double-blind trial of carboplatin and paclitaxel with daily oral cediranib or placebo in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: NCIC …

SA Laurie, BJ Solomon, L Seymour, PM Ellis… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction This randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study evaluated the addition
of cediranib, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1–3, to standard …

[PDF][PDF] Current status of targeted therapy in non-small cell lung cancer

DV Parums - Drugs Today (Barc), 2014 - academia.edu
Tumor tissue biomarkers are the basis for targeted therapy in non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC). These biomarkers either reflect the target of the specific drug or some factor that …

The design and discovery of water soluble 4-substituted-2, 6-dimethylfuro [2, 3-d] pyrimidines as multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and microtubule …

X Zhang, S Raghavan, M Ihnat, JE Thorpe… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2014 - Elsevier
The design, synthesis and biological evaluations of fourteen 4-substituted 2, 6-dimethylfuro
[2, 3-d] pyrimidines are reported. Four compounds (11–13, 15) inhibit vascular endothelial …

Therapeutic options targeting angiogenesis in nonsmall cell lung cancer

L Crinò, G Metro - European respiratory review, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There is a major unmet medical need for effective and well-tolerated treatment options for
patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in both first-line and …

[HTML][HTML] RET mutation and expression in small-cell lung cancer

S Dabir, S Babakoohi, A Kluge, JJ Morrow… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background There is growing interest in defining the somatic mutations associated with
small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Unfortunately, a serious blockade to genomic analyses of …

Risk of thyroid dysfunction in patients with solid tumors treated with VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a critical literature review and meta analysis

O Abdel-Rahman, M Fouad - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of thyroid function abnormalities
associated with seven vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) targeted tyrosine …

Synthetic genistein glycosides inhibiting EGFR phosphorylation enhance the effect of radiation in HCT 116 colon cancer cells

A Gruca, Z Krawczyk, W Szeja, G Grynkiewicz, A Rusin - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
The need to find new EGFR inhibitors for use in combination with radiotherapy in the
treatment of solid tumors has drawn our attention to compounds derived from genistein, a …