Clinical insights into small cell lung cancer: Tumor heterogeneity, diagnosis, therapy, and future directions

Z Megyesfalvi, CM Gay, H Popper… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterized by rapid growth and high metastatic capacity.
It has strong epidemiologic and biologic links to tobacco carcinogens. Although the majority …

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 …

Targeted therapies for lung cancer patients with oncogenic driver molecular alterations

AC Tan, DSW Tan - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Lung cancer has traditionally been classified by histology. However, a greater
understanding of disease biology and the identification of oncogenic driver alterations has …

EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

Selecting the optimal immunotherapy regimen in driver-negative metastatic NSCLC

MJ Grant, RS Herbst, SB Goldberg - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The treatment landscape of driver-negative non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is rapidly
evolving. Immune-checkpoint inhibitors, specifically those targeting PD-1 or PD-L1, have …

Co-occurring genomic alterations in non-small-cell lung cancer biology and therapy

F Skoulidis, JV Heymach - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
The impressive clinical activity of small-molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for
oncogene-addicted subgroups of non-small-cell lung cancer (for example, those driven by …

Molecular subtypes of small cell lung cancer: a synthesis of human and mouse model data

CM Rudin, JT Poirier, LA Byers, C Dive… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an exceptionally lethal malignancy for which more effective
therapies are urgently needed. Several lines of evidence, from SCLC primary human …

Tumor mutational load predicts survival after immunotherapy across multiple cancer types

RM Samstein, CH Lee, AN Shoushtari, MD Hellmann… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatments benefit some patients with metastatic cancers,
but predictive biomarkers are needed. Findings in selected cancer types suggest that tumor …

Oncogene-specific differences in tumor mutational burden, PD-L1 expression, and outcomes from immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer

MV Negrao, F Skoulidis, M Montesion… - Journal for …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients bearing targetable oncogene
alterations typically derive limited benefit from immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), which …

Systemic therapy for locally advanced and metastatic non–small cell lung cancer: a review

KC Arbour, GJ Riely - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Non–small cell lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the
United States. Until the last decade, the 5-year overall survival rate for patients with …