Prognostic and predictive biomarkers for targeted therapy in NSCLC: For whom the bell tolls?

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1553-1566

  Passiglia, Francesco ^a   Bronte, Giuseppe ^a   Castiglia, Marta ^a   Listì, Angela ^a   Calò, Valentina ^a   Toia, Francesca ^a   Cicero, Giuseppe ^a   Fanale, Daniele ^a   Rizzo, Sergio ^a   Bazan, Viviana ^a   Russo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

liquid biopsy; NSCLC; predictive biomarkers; prognostic biomarkers; targeted therapy; tissue biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE 1; B RAF KINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; K RAS PROTEIN; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; ROS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FUSION GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; GENETICS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84946490034     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: 17447682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1071348     Document Type: Review

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