Systemic treatment in EGFR-ALK NSCLC patients: second line therapy and beyond

Cancer Biology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 173-181

  Karachaliou, Niki ^a   Rosell, Rafael ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c Molecular Oncology Research (MORe) Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusions (ALK fusions); Epidermal growth factor (EGFR); Lung cancer; TKI resistance; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CERITINIB; CRIZOTINIB; DACOMITINIB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GANETESPIB; GEFITINIB; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 INHIBITOR; ONARTUZUMAB; PLATINUM; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; ROCILETINIB; SELUMETINIB; VORINOSTAT;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IC50; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908115929     PISSN: 20953941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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