Gastric cancer treatment: recent progress and future perspectives

WL Guan, Y He, RH Xu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2023 - Springer
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Most patients are
diagnosed at advanced stages due to the subtle symptoms of earlier disease and the low …

Comprehensive review of targeted therapy for colorectal cancer

YH Xie, YX Chen, JY Fang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most lethal and prevalent malignancies in the world
and was responsible for nearly 881,000 cancer-related deaths in 2018. Surgery and …

Function of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase in carcinogenesis and associated therapeutic opportunities

Y Zhang, M Xia, K Jin, S Wang, H Wei, C Fan, Y Wu… - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Abstract c-Met is a receptor tyrosine kinase belonging to the MET (MNNG HOS transforming
gene) family, and is expressed on the surfaces of various cells. Hepatocyte growth factor …

MET-dependent solid tumours—molecular diagnosis and targeted therapy

R Guo, J Luo, J Chang, N Rekhtman, M Arcila… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Attempts to develop MET-targeted therapies have historically focused on MET-expressing
cancers, with limited success. Thus, MET expression in the absence of a genomic marker of …

Predictive biomarkers in gastric cancer

C Röcken - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023 - Springer
Predictive biomarkers are the mainstay of precision medicine. This review summarizes the
advancements in tissue-based diagnostic biomarkers for gastric cancer, which is considered …

Known and novel roles of the MET oncogene in cancer: a coherent approach to targeted therapy

PM Comoglio, L Trusolino, C Boccaccio - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The MET oncogene encodes an unconventional receptor tyrosine kinase with pleiotropic
functions: it initiates and sustains neoplastic transformation when genetically altered …

AXL receptor tyrosine kinase as a promising anti-cancer approach: functions, molecular mechanisms and clinical applications

C Zhu, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Molecular targeted therapy for cancer has been a research hotspot for decades. AXL is a
member of the TAM family with the high-affinity ligand growth arrest-specific protein 6 …

Targeting MET in cancer therapy

HN Mo, P Liu - Chronic diseases and translational medicine, 2017 - mednexus.org
MET encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase c-MET for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). The
specific combination of c-MET and HGF activates downstream signaling pathways to trigger …

Small molecule inhibitors targeting the cancers

GH Liu, T Chen, X Zhang, XL Ma, HS Shi - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional therapies, targeted therapy has merits in selectivity, efficacy, and
tolerability. Small molecule inhibitors are one of the primary targeted therapies for cancer …

Research trends in pharmacological modulation of tumor‐associated macrophages

N Wang, S Wang, X Wang, Y Zheng… - Clinical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most abundant immune cell populations in the tumor microenvironment (TME),
tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs) play important roles in multiple solid malignancies …