Anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors in brain metastases from ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer: Hitting the target even in the CNS

Chinese Clinical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Klempner, Samuel J ^a   Ou, Sai Hong Ignatius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alectinib; Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK); Brain; Ceritinib; CNS; Crizotinib; Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958550140     PISSN: 23043865     EISSN: 23043873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2304-3865.2015.05.03     Document Type: Review

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