Pancreatic cancer: advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023‏ - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

Targeting KRAS in cancer

A Singhal, BT Li, EM O'Reilly - Nature medicine, 2024‏ - nature.com
RAS family variants—most of which involve KRAS—are the most commonly occurring
hotspot mutations in human cancers and are associated with a poor prognosis. For almost …

Sotorasib plus Panitumumab in Refractory Colorectal Cancer with Mutated KRAS G12C

MG Fakih, L Salvatore, T Esaki… - … England Journal of …, 2023‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background KRAS G12C is a mutation that occurs in approximately 3 to 4% of
patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Monotherapy with KRAS G12C inhibitors has …

Oncogene-addicted metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up☆

LE Hendriks, KM Kerr, J Menis, TS Mok… - Annals of …, 2023‏ - annalsofoncology.org
Details on diagnostic procedures are covered in the Supplementary Material Section 2,
available at https://doi. org/10.1016/j. annonc. 2022.12. 009. See Supplementary Figure S1 …

Pan-KRAS inhibitor disables oncogenic signalling and tumour growth

D Kim, L Herdeis, D Rudolph, Y Zhao, J Böttcher… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated proteins in cancer, and efforts to directly inhibit
its function have been continuing for decades. The most successful of these has been the …

Single-Agent Divarasib (GDC-6036) in Solid Tumors with a KRAS G12C Mutation

A Sacher, P LoRusso, MR Patel… - … England Journal of …, 2023‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Divarasib (GDC-6036) is a covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor that was
designed to have high potency and selectivity. Methods In a phase 1 study, we evaluated …

Concurrent inhibition of oncogenic and wild-type RAS-GTP for cancer therapy

M Holderfield, BJ Lee, J Jiang, A Tomlinson… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract RAS oncogenes (collectively NRAS, HRAS and especially KRAS) are among the
most frequently mutated genes in cancer, with common driver mutations occurring at codons …

Exploring treatment options in cancer: tumor treatment strategies

B Liu, H Zhou, L Tan, KTH Siu, XY Guan - Signal transduction and …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Traditional therapeutic approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy have
burdened cancer patients with onerous physical and psychological challenges …

The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies

SR Punekar, V Velcheti, BG Neel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Despite being the most frequently altered oncogenic protein in solid tumours, KRAS has
historically been considered 'undruggable'owing to a lack of pharmacologically targetable …

Molecular targeted therapy for anticancer treatment

HY Min, HY Lee - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2022‏ - nature.com
Since the initial clinical approval in the late 1990s and remarkable anticancer effects for
certain types of cancer, molecular targeted therapy utilizing small molecule agents or …