Molecular targeting to treat gastric cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13741-13755

  Aoyagi, Keishiro ^a   Kouhuji, Kikuo ^a   Kizaki, Junya ^a   Isobe, Taro ^a   Hashimoto, Kousuke ^a   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factors pathway; Gastric cancer; Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein; Molecular targeting therapy; Vascular endothelial growth factors Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EVEROLIMUS; LAPATINIB; PANITUMUMAB; RAMUCIRUMAB; SUNITINIB; TRASTUZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84909989459     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13741     Document Type: Review

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