Advancing therapy for neuroblastoma

B Qiu, KK Matthay - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Neuroblastomas are tumours of sympathetic origin, with a heterogeneous clinical course
ranging from localized or spontaneously regressing to widely metastatic disease …

Advances in risk classification and treatment strategies for neuroblastoma

NR Pinto, MA Applebaum, SL Volchenboum… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Risk-based treatment approaches for neuroblastoma have been ongoing for decades.
However, the criteria used to define risk in various institutional and cooperative groups were …

Lorlatinib with or without chemotherapy in ALK-driven refractory/relapsed neuroblastoma: phase 1 trial results

KC Goldsmith, JR Park, K Kayser, J Malvar, YY Chi… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Neuroblastomas harbor ALK aberrations clinically resistant to crizotinib yet sensitive pre-
clinically to the third-generation ALK inhibitor lorlatinib. We conducted a first-in-child study …

Molecular targeting therapies for neuroblastoma: Progress and challenges

A Zafar, W Wang, G Liu, X Wang, W Xian… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to identify novel therapies for childhood cancers. Neuroblastoma is
the most common pediatric solid tumor, and accounts for~ 15% of childhood cancer‐related …

The quest to overcome resistance to EGFR-targeted therapies in cancer

CR Chong, PA Jänne - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
All patients with metastatic lung, colorectal, pancreatic or head and neck cancers who
initially benefit from epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapies eventually …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the ALK receptor in cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Annals of Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A vast array of oncogenic variants has been identified for anaplastic lymphoma
kinase (ALK). Therefore, there is a need to better understand the role of ALK in cancer …

Mechanistic insight into ALK receptor tyrosine kinase in human cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The burgeoning field of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in cancer encompasses many
cancer types, from very rare cancers to the more prevalent non-small-cell lung cancer …

Safety and activity of crizotinib for paediatric patients with refractory solid tumours or anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: a Children's Oncology Group phase 1 consortium …

YP Mossé, MS Lim, SD Voss, K Wilner, K Ruffner… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Various human cancers have ALK gene translocations, amplifications, or
oncogenic mutations, such as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, inflammatory myofibroblastic …

ALK mutations confer differential oncogenic activation and sensitivity to ALK inhibition therapy in neuroblastoma

SC Bresler, DA Weiser, PJ Huwe, JH Park, K Krytska… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Genetic studies have established anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), a cell surface receptor
tyrosine kinase, as a tractable molecular target in neuroblastoma. We describe …

Neuroblastoma: paradigm for precision medicine

MS Irwin, JR Park - Pediatric Clinics, 2015 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Neuroblastoma (NB), the most common extracranial tumor of childhood, is a cancer of
primordial neural crest cells that give rise to sympathetic neural ganglia and adrenal …