New and emerging targeted treatments in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

FR Hirsch, K Suda, J Wiens, PA Bunn - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Targeted therapies are substantially changing the management of lung cancers. These
treatments include drugs that target driver mutations, those that target presumed important …

[HTML][HTML] FGFR inhibitors: Effects on cancer cells, tumor microenvironment and whole-body homeostasis

M Katoh - International journal of molecular medicine, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 2, FGF4, FGF7 and FGF20 are representative
paracrine FGFs binding to heparan-sulfate proteoglycan and fibroblast growth factor …

The FGFR landscape in cancer: analysis of 4,853 tumors by next-generation sequencing

T Helsten, S Elkin, E Arthur, BN Tomson, J Carter… - Clinical cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Molecular profiling may have prognostic and predictive value, and is increasingly
used in the clinical setting. There are more than a dozen fibroblast growth factor receptor …

Novel therapeutic targets on the horizon for lung cancer

WL Tan, A Jain, A Takano, EW Newell, NG Iyer… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, and is classically
divided into two major histological subtypes: non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small …

Targeting p300 Addiction in CBP-Deficient Cancers Causes Synthetic Lethality by Apoptotic Cell Death due to Abrogation of MYC Expression

H Ogiwara, M Sasaki, T Mitachi, T Oike, S Higuchi… - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Loss-of-function mutations in the CBP/CREBBP gene, which encodes a histone
acetyltransferase (HAT), are present in a variety of human tumors, including lung, bladder …

Preclinical activity of ARQ 087, a novel inhibitor targeting FGFR dysregulation

TG Hall, Y Yu, S Eathiraj, Y Wang, RE Savage… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Dysregulation of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) signaling through amplifications,
mutations, and gene fusions has been implicated in a broad array of cancers (eg liver …

SOX2 is the determining oncogenic switch in promoting lung squamous cell carcinoma from different cells of origin

G Ferone, JY Song, KD Sutherland, R Bhaskaran… - Cancer cell, 2016 - cell.com
Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a devastating malignancy with no effective
treatments, due to its complex genomic profile. Therefore, preclinical models mimicking its …

[HTML][HTML] Clinicopathologic features of advanced squamous NSCLC

MA Socinski, C Obasaju, D Gandara, FR Hirsch… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. NSCLC
accounts for more than 85% of all lung cancers, and the prognosis for advanced-stage …

Targeting the fibroblast growth factor receptor family in cancer

N Hallinan, S Finn, S Cuffe, S Rafee, K O'Byrne… - Cancer treatment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) regulate a plethora of biological functions, in both the
embryonic and adult stages of development, binding their cognate receptors and thus …

COPD and squamous cell lung cancer: aberrant inflammation and immunity is the common link

S Bozinovski, R Vlahos, D Anthony… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cigarette smoking has reached epidemic proportions within many regions of the world and
remains the highest risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung …