Targeted therapy in cancer

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1113-1132

  Tsimberidou, Apostolia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data analysis; Bioinformatics; Molecular alterations; Precision medicine; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; B RAF KINASE; CERITINIB; CETUXIMAB; CRIZOTINIB; DABRAFENIB; DASATINIB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERLOTINIB; EVEROLIMUS; IMATINIB; LAPATINIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLAPARIB; PANITUMUMAB; PERTUZUMAB; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PONATINIB; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN RET; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TEMSIROLIMUS; TRAMETINIB; TRASTUZUMAB; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VEMURAFENIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRENDS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PRECISION MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84947580957     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-015-2861-1     Document Type: Review

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