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 …

Current targeted therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer

T Ohishi, MK Kaneko, Y Yoshida, A Takashima… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and the second leading
cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Surgery or surgery plus radiotherapy and/or …

Circulating tumor DNA to guide rechallenge with panitumumab in metastatic colorectal cancer: the phase 2 CHRONOS trial

A Sartore-Bianchi, F Pietrantonio, S Lonardi… - Nature Medicine, 2022‏ - nature.com
Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies are approved for the
treatment of RAS wild-type (WT) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but the emergence of …

Liquid biopsies to monitor and direct cancer treatment in colorectal cancer

G Mauri, PP Vitiello, A Sogari, G Crisafulli… - British Journal of …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent and deadly cancers worldwide.
Despite recent improvements in treatment and prevention, most of the current therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] NTRK insights: best practices for pathologists

JF Hechtman - Modern Pathology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Since the discovery of an oncogenic tropomyosin-receptor kinase (TRK) fusion protein in the
early 1980s, our understanding of neurotrophic tropomyosin-receptor kinase (NTRK) …

Updated Integrated Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Entrectinib in Patients With NTRK Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors

GD Demetri, F De Braud, A Drilon, S Siena… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022‏ - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Entrectinib potently inhibits tropomyosin receptor kinases (TRKAs)/B/C and ROS1,
and previously induced deep [objective response rate (ORR) 57.4%] and durable [median …

Beyond EGFR, ALK and ROS1: current evidence and future perspectives on newly targetable oncogenic drivers in lung adenocarcinoma

G Lamberti, E Andrini, M Sisi, A Rizzo, C Parisi… - Critical reviews in …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In the past decade EGFR, ALK
and ROS1 TKIs lead to an unprecedented survival improvement of oncogene-addicted …

Diagnosis and management of tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion sarcomas: expert recommendations from the World Sarcoma Network

GD Demetri, CR Antonescu, B Bjerkehagen… - Annals of oncology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•NTRK gene fusions are oncogenic drivers in a variety of tumor types including
adult and pediatric sarcomas.•TRK inhibitors provide effective treatment options for patients …

NTRK fusion in non-small cell lung cancer: diagnosis, therapy, and TRK inhibitor resistance

F Liu, Y Wei, H Zhang, J Jiang, P Zhang… - Frontiers in oncology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusion has been identified as an
oncogenic driver of various solid tumors, and it is rare in non-smalll cell lung cancer …

Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase fusion–positive lung cancers

A Drilon, DSW Tan, UN Lassen, S Leyvraz… - JCO Precision …, 2022‏ - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Larotrectinib is a highly selective and CNS-active tropomyosin receptor kinase
(TRK) inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy across TRK fusion–positive cancers …