Vandetanib (ZD6474), a dual inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinases: current …

A Morabito, MC Piccirillo, F Falasconi, G De Feo… - The …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Learning Objectives Evaluate the mechanism of action of vandetanib in the care of patients
with thyroid cancer. Analyze the current status of clinical development and early clinical …

Pancreatic cancer: from molecular pathogenesis to targeted therapy

A Strimpakos, MW Saif, KN Syrigos - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2008 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly malignancy with still high mortality and poor survival despite
the significant advances in understanding, diagnosis, and access to conventional and novel …

Identification of microRNA-21 as a biomarker for chemoresistance and clinical outcome following adjuvant therapy in resectable pancreatic cancer

JH Hwang, J Voortman, E Giovannetti, SM Steinberg… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis. The high
risk of recurrence following surgical resection provides the rationale for adjuvant therapy …

A new oxadiazole-based topsentin derivative modulates cyclin-dependent kinase 1 expression and exerts cytotoxic effects on pancreatic cancer cells

C Pecoraro, B Parrino, S Cascioferro, A Puerta, A Avan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal form of cancer characterized by
drug resistance, urging new therapeutic strategies. In recent years, protein kinases have …

1, 3, 4-Oxadiazole and 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole nortopsentin derivatives against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Synthesis, cytotoxic activity, and inhibition of CDK1

D Carbone, C Pecoraro, G Panzeca, G Xu… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
A new series of nortopsentin analogs, in which the central imidazole ring of the natural lead
was replaced by a 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole or 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole moiety, was efficiently …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the synergistic interaction of erlotinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, with the multitargeted antifolate …

E Giovannetti, C Lemos, C Tekle, K Smid… - Molecular …, 2008 - ASPET
Because the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib and
the multitargeted antifolate pemetrexed are registered in the treatment of second-line non …

Phosphoproteomics guides effective low-dose drug combinations against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

A Vallés-Martí, G Mantini, P Manoukian, C Waasdorp… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease with a limited set of
known driver mutations but considerable cancer cell heterogeneity. Phosphoproteomics …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized, multicenter, phase II study of vandetanib monotherapy versus vandetanib in combination with gemcitabine versus gemcitabine plus placebo in …

A Santoro, V Gebbia, T Pressiani, A Testa… - Annals of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Vandetanib did not demonstrate any superiority alone or in combination with gemcitabine in
the progression-free survival of patients affected by advanced biliary tract cancer compared …

Vandetanib plus gemcitabine versus placebo plus gemcitabine in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic carcinoma (ViP): a prospective, randomised, double-blind …

G Middleton, DH Palmer, W Greenhalf… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Erlotinib is an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown a significant but
only marginally improved median overall survival when combined with gemcitabine in …

Destabilizers of the thymidylate synthase homodimer accelerate its proteasomal degradation and inhibit cancer growth

L Costantino, S Ferrari, M Santucci, OMH Salo-Ahen… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Drugs that target human thymidylate synthase (hTS), a dimeric enzyme, are widely used in
anticancer therapy. However, treatment with classical substrate-site-directed TS inhibitors …