[HTML][HTML] Small molecules in targeted cancer therapy: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

L Zhong, Y Li, L Xiong, W Wang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Due to the advantages in efficacy and safety compared with traditional chemotherapy drugs,
targeted therapeutic drugs have become mainstream cancer treatments. Since the first …

[HTML][HTML] Kinase drug discovery 20 years after imatinib: progress and future directions

P Cohen, D Cross, PA Jänne - Nature reviews drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Protein kinases regulate nearly all aspects of cell life, and alterations in their expression, or
mutations in their genes, cause cancer and other diseases. Here, we review the remarkable …

Ensartinib vs crizotinib for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase− positive non–small cell lung cancer: a randomized clinical trial

L Horn, Z Wang, G Wu, E Poddubskaya, T Mok… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Ensartinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase
(ALK), has shown systemic and central nervous system efficacy for patients withALK-positive …

[HTML][HTML] Current landscape of non-small cell lung cancer: epidemiology, histological classification, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy

O Rodak, MD Peris-Díaz, M Olbromski… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The abundance and the dynamic of the studies on NSCLC require
frequent summaries of the current achievements in the field. In our review, we aimed to …

HGF/c-MET pathway in cancer: from molecular characterization to clinical evidence

J Fu, X Su, Z Li, L Deng, X Liu, X Feng, J Peng - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
This review provides a comprehensive landscape of HGF/c-MET (hepatocyte growth factor
(HGF)/mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor (c-MET)) signaling pathway in cancers. First …

[HTML][HTML] Is cancer biology different in older patients?

Y Van Herck, A Feyaerts, S Alibhai… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Roughly 50% of cancer cases occur in people aged 65 years or older. Older people are
often diagnosed at a later stage and might receive less (intensive) treatment, which might …

[HTML][HTML] Suppression of tumor-associated neutrophils by lorlatinib attenuates pancreatic cancer growth and improves treatment with immune checkpoint blockade

SR Nielsen, JE Strøbech, ER Horton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients have a 5-year survival rate of only 8%
largely due to late diagnosis and insufficient therapeutic options. Neutrophils are among the …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond epidermal growth factor receptor: MET amplification as a general resistance driver to targeted therapy in oncogene-driven non-small-cell lung cancer

N Coleman, L Hong, J Zhang, J Heymach, D Hong… - ESMO open, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Understanding mechanisms of resistance in oncogene-driven lung cancer is
crucial.•MET amplification is a recurrent driver of resistance, across molecularly defined …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-PD1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer with actionable oncogenic driver mutations

E Dantoing, N Piton, M Salaün, L Thiberville… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anti-PD1/PD-L1 immunotherapy has emerged as a standard of care for stage III-IV non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) over the past decade. Patient selection is usually based on …

[HTML][HTML] The resistance mechanisms and treatment strategies for ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer

Y Pan, C Deng, Z Qiu, C Cao, F Wu - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a validated molecular target for non-small-cell lung
cancer (NSCLC). The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has led to significantly …