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

D Planchard, ST Popat, K Kerr, S Novello… - Annals of …, 2018 - annalsofoncology.org
Primary lung cancer remains the most common malignancy after non-melanocytic skin
cancer, and deaths from lung cancer exceed those from any other malignancy worldwide [1] …

The biology and management of non-small cell lung cancer

RS Herbst, D Morgensztern, C Boshoff - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Important advancements in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been
achieved over the past two decades, increasing our understanding of the disease biology …

NCCN guidelines insights: non–small cell lung cancer, version 5.2018

DS Ettinger, DL Aisner, DE Wood, W Akerley… - Journal of the National …, 2018 - jnccn.org
The NCCN Guidelines for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) address all aspects of
management for NSCLC. These NCCN Guidelines Insights focus on recent updates to the …

Precision Targeted Therapy with BLU-667 for RET-Driven Cancers

V Subbiah, JF Gainor, R Rahal, JD Brubaker, JL Kim… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
The receptor tyrosine kinase rearranged during transfection (RET) is an oncogenic driver
activated in multiple cancers, including non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), medullary …

Making the first move in EGFR-driven or ALK-driven NSCLC: first-generation or next-generation TKI?

G Recondo, F Facchinetti, KA Olaussen… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
The traditional approach to the treatment of patients with advanced-stage non-small-cell
lung carcinoma (NSCLC) harbouring ALK rearrangements or EGFR mutations has been the …

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 …

Receptor tyrosine kinase-targeted cancer therapy

T Yamaoka, S Kusumoto, K Ando, M Ohba… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the past two decades, several molecular targeted inhibitors have been developed and
evaluated clinically to improve the survival of patients with cancer. Molecular targeted …

Phase II study of crizotinib in East Asian patients with ROS1-positive advanced non–small-cell lung cancer

YL Wu, JCH Yang, DW Kim, S Lu, J Zhou… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Approximately 1% to 2% of non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) harbor a c-ros
oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearrangement. Crizotinib, an inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase …

Impact of EML4-ALK Variant on Resistance Mechanisms and Clinical Outcomes in ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

JJ Lin, VW Zhu, S Yoda, BY Yeap… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion-positive non–small-cell lung
cancers (NSCLCs) are effectively treated with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) …

A comprehensive review of protein kinase inhibitors for cancer therapy

R Kannaiyan, D Mahadevan - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Protein kinases are involved in various cellular functions. About 2% of the
human genome encodes for protein kinases. Dysregulation of protein kinases is implicated …