Targeting RET-driven cancers: lessons from evolving preclinical and clinical landscapes

A Drilon, ZI Hu, GGY Lai, DSW Tan - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
The gene encoding the receptor-tyrosine kinase RET was first discovered more than three
decades ago, and activating RET rearrangements and mutations have since been identified …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and translational implications of RET rearrangements in non–small cell lung cancer

R Ferrara, N Auger, E Auclin, B Besse - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the discovery in 2012 of rearranged during transfection proto-oncogene gene (RET)
rearrangements in NSCLC, at least 12 different fusion variants have been identified, with …

Cardiovascular diseases in patients receiving small molecules with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor activity: a meta-analysis of approximately 29,000 cancer …

M Totzeck, RI Mincu, S Mrotzek… - European journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Targeted therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors with anti-vascular endothelial
growth factor activity improves survival of cancer patients. Cardiovascular complications are …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of proportional hazard assumption in aggregate data: a systematic review on statistical methodology in clinical trials using time-to-event endpoint

E Rulli, F Ghilotti, E Biagioli, L Porcu… - British journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background The evaluation of the proportional hazards (PH) assumption in survival analysis
is an important issue when Hazard Ratio (HR) is chosen as summary measure. The aim is to …

Antiangiogenic therapies in non-small-cell lung cancer

A Alshangiti, G Chandhoke, PM Ellis - Current Oncology, 2018 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis is frequent in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is associated with
more aggressive disease. Many clinical trials have evaluated the addition of antiangiogenic …

Nanomedicines as emerging platform for simultaneous delivery of cancer therapeutics: new developments in overcoming drug resistance and optimizing anticancer …

Z Hussain, M Arooj, A Malik, F Hussain… - Artificial cells …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Development and formulation of an efficient and safe therapeutic regimen for
cancer theranostics are dynamically challenging. The use of mono-therapeutic cancer …

Combined treatment with apatinib and docetaxel in A549 xenograft mice and its cellular pharmacokinetic basis

S Feng, G Wang, J Zhang, Y Xie, R Sun, F Fei… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2018 - nature.com
Apatinib, a small-molecule inhibitor of VEGFR-2, has attracted much attention due to its
encouraging anticancer activity in third-line clinical treatment for many malignancies …

Exposure–response relationship for ramucirumab from the randomized, double-blind, phase 3 REVEL trial (docetaxel versus docetaxel plus ramucirumab) in second …

EF Smit, EB Garon, M Reck, F Cappuzzo… - Cancer Chemotherapy …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Ramucirumab plus docetaxel improved survival in REVEL, a randomized phase 3
trial for patients with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer after standard platinum-based …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized, Double-Blind Phase Ib/III Study of Erlotinib With Ramucirumab or Placebo in Previously Untreated EGFR-Mutant Metastatic Non–Small-Cell …

M Reck, EB Garon, L Paz-Ares, S Ponce, JC Jaime… - Clinical lung cancer, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Despite the likelihood of an initial response to an epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), EGFR-mutant non–small-cell lung cancer …

Design, synthesis and preclinical evaluation of 5-methyl-N4-aryl-furo [2, 3-d] pyrimidines as single agents with combination chemotherapy potential

RKV Devambatla, S Choudhary, M Ihnat… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-substituted 5-methyl-furo [2, 3-d]
pyrimidines is described. The Ullmann coupling of 5-methyl-furo [2, 3-d] pyrimidine with aryl …