Novel small molecule EGFR inhibitors as candidate drugs in non-small cell lung cancer

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 563-576

  Berardi, Rossana ^a   Santoni, Matteo ^a   Morgese, Francesca ^a   Ballatore, Zelmira ^a   Savini, Agnese ^a   Onofri, Azzurra ^a   Mazzanti, Paola ^a   Pistelli, Mirco ^a   Pierantoni, Chiara ^a   De Lisa, Mariagrazia ^a   Caramanti, Miriam ^a   Pagliaretta, Silvia ^a   Pellei, Chiara ^a   Cascinu, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Combined targeted therapy; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Nonsmall cell lung cancer; Novel targeted agents; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

8 [4 (1 AMINOCYCLOBUTYL)PHENYL] 9 PHENYL 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[3,4 F][1,6]NAPHTHYRIDIN 3(2H) ONE; AFATINIB; AP 26113; BEVACIZUMAB; BMS 690514; BPI 2009 H; BUPARLISIB; CARBOPLATIN; CELECOXIB; CISPLATIN; CO 1686; CUDC 101; DACOMITINIB; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; HM 61713; ICOTINIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; NEW DRUG; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; PLACEBO; PLATINUM COMPLEX; POZIOTINIB; SORAFENIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANDETANIB; XL 647;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84878561867     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S28155     Document Type: Review

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