Erlotinib resistance in lung cancer: Current progress and future perspectives

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 FEB, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tang, Joy ^a   Salama, Rasha ^a   Gadgeel, Shirish M ^a   Sarkar, Fazlul H ^a   Ahmad, Aamir ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Erlotinib; Lung cancer; Non small cell lung cancer; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; AMRUBICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BELOTECAN; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DACOMITINIB; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERLOTINIB; ETOPOSIDE; GEFITINIB; MICRORNA; NAVELBINE; NERATINIB; OBLIMERSEN; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; PICOPLATIN; POZIOTINIB; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR INHIBITOR; VINFLUNINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RESISTANCE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EGFR GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 84881095514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00015     Document Type: Review

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