Annual Review of Medicine,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
71(1), P. 117 - 136
Published: Jan. 27, 2020
The
rapid
evolution
of
treatment
for
advanced
lung
cancer
is
a
story
how
scientists
have
struggled
to
move
from
nonselective
cytotoxic
chemotherapy
personalized
precision
medicine.
In
this
century,
extraordinary
advances
been
made
in
the
management
and
metastatic
non–small
cell
cancer,
especially
development
small
molecules
targeting
specific
tyrosine
kinase
receptors
immune
checkpoint
inhibitors.
These
developments
led
significant
improvement
survival
patients
with
disease.
Now,
core
guidelines
treat
are
based
on
identification
targetable
driver
mutations
checkpoints.
Continued
investigations
newly
identified
druggable
genetic
alterations,
explorations
biomarkers
inhibitors,
next-generation
immunotherapy,
optimization
combination
therapy
necessary
provide
better
outcomes
future.
New England Journal of Medicine,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
378(2), P. 113 - 125
Published: Nov. 18, 2017
Osimertinib
is
an
oral,
third-generation,
irreversible
epidermal
growth
factor
receptor
tyrosine
kinase
inhibitor
(EGFR-TKI)
that
selectively
inhibits
both
EGFR-TKI–sensitizing
and
EGFR
T790M
resistance
mutations.
We
compared
osimertinib
with
standard
EGFR-TKIs
in
patients
previously
untreated,
mutation–positive
advanced
non–small-cell
lung
cancer
(NSCLC).
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
20(5), P. 497 - 530
Published: May 1, 2022
NCCN
Clinical
Practice
Guidelines
in
Oncology
(NCCN
Guidelines)
for
Non-Small
Cell
Lung
Cancer
(NSCLC)
provide
recommended
management
patients
with
NSCLC,
including
diagnosis,
primary
treatment,
surveillance
relapse,
and
subsequent
treatment.
Patients
metastatic
lung
cancer
who
are
eligible
targeted
therapies
or
immunotherapies
now
surviving
longer.
This
selection
from
the
NSCLC
focuses
on
actionable
mutations.
British Journal of Cancer,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
121(9), P. 725 - 737
Published: Sept. 29, 2019
Abstract
Osimertinib
is
an
irreversible,
third-generation
epidermal
growth
factor
receptor
(EGFR)
tyrosine
kinase
inhibitor
that
highly
selective
for
EGFR-
activating
mutations
as
well
the
EGFR
T790M
mutation
in
patients
with
advanced
non-small
cell
lung
cancer
(NSCLC)
oncogene
addiction.
Despite
documented
efficacy
of
osimertinib
first-
and
second-line
settings,
inevitably
develop
resistance,
no
further
clear-cut
therapeutic
options
to
date
other
than
chemotherapy
locally
ablative
therapy
selected
individuals.
On
account
high
degree
tumour
heterogeneity
adaptive
cellular
signalling
pathways
NSCLC,
acquired
resistance
heterogeneous,
encompassing
-
dependent
EGFR-independent
mechanisms.
Furthermore,
data
from
repeat
plasma
genotyping
analyses
have
highlighted
differences
frequency
preponderance
mechanisms
when
administered
a
front-line
versus
setting,
underlying
discrepancies
selection
pressure
clonal
evolution.
This
review
summarises
molecular
mutated
including
MET/HER2
amplification,
activation
RAS–mitogen-activated
protein
(MAPK)
or
RAS–phosphatidylinositol
3-kinase
(PI3K)
pathways,
novel
fusion
events
histological/phenotypic
transformation,
discussing
current
evidence
regarding
potential
new
approaches
counteract
resistance.
JAMA,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
322(8), P. 764 - 764
Published: Aug. 27, 2019
Importance
Non–small
cell
lung
cancer
remains
the
leading
cause
of
death
in
United
States.
Until
last
decade,
5-year
overall
survival
rate
for
patients
with
metastatic
non–small
was
less
than
5%.
Improved
understanding
biology
has
resulted
development
new
biomarker–targeted
therapies
and
led
to
improvements
advanced
or
disease.
Observations
Systemic
therapy
is
selected
according
presence
specific
biomarkers.
Therefore,
all
should
undergo
molecular
testing
relevant
mutations
expression
protein
PD-L1
(programmed
ligand
1).
Molecular
alterations
that
predict
response
treatment
(eg,EGFRmutations,ALKrearrangements,ROS1rearrangements,
andBRAFV600E
mutations)
are
present
approximately
30%
cancer.
Targeted
these
improves
progression-free
compared
cytotoxic
chemotherapy.
For
example,
somatic
activating
theEGFRgene
20%
Tyrosine
kinase
inhibitors
such
as
gefitinib,
erlotinib,
afatinib
improve
susceptibleEGFRmutations.
In
overexpression
ALK
protein,
significantly
better
crizotinib
(a
tyrosine
inhibitor)
combination
pemetrexed
either
cisplatin
carboplatin
(platinum-based
chemotherapy)
(74%
vs
45%,
respectively;P
<
.001)
(median,
10.9
months
7.0
months;P
.001).
Subsequent
generations
have
improved
agents.
without
biomarkers
indicating
susceptibility
targeted
treatments,
immune
checkpoint
inhibitor–containing
regimens
monotherapy
chemotherapy
superior
alone.
These
advances
biomarker-directed
survival.
currently
exceeds
25%
among
whose
tumors
high
(tumor
proportion
score
≥50%)
40%
withALK-positive
tumors.
Frontiers in Immunology,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
10
Published: Oct. 11, 2019
T
cells
play
a
key
role
in
cell-mediated
immunity,
and
strategies
to
genetically
modify
cells,
including
chimeric
antigen
receptor
(CAR)
cell
therapy
(TCR)
therapy,
have
achieved
substantial
advances
the
treatment
of
malignant
tumors.
In
clinical
trials,
CAR-T
TCR-T
therapies
produced
encouraging
outcomes,
thereby
demonstrating
their
therapeutic
potential
mitigating
tumor
development.
This
article
summarizes
current
applications
trials
worldwide.
It
is
predicted
that
engineered
immunotherapies
will
become
safe,
well-tolerated
effective
therapeutics
bring
hope
cancer
patients.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(11), P. 2748 - 2748
Published: June 1, 2021
The
epidermal
growth
factor
receptor
(EGFR)
has
served
as
the
founding
member
of
large
family
receptors
harboring
intrinsic
tyrosine
kinase
function.
High
abundance
EGFR
and
internal
deletions
are
frequently
observed
in
brain
tumors,
whereas
point
mutations
small
insertions
within
domain
common
lung
cancer.
For
these
reasons
its
preferred
heterodimer
partner,
HER2/ERBB2,
became
popular
targets
anti-cancer
therapies.
Nevertheless,
research
keeps
revealing
unexpected
observations,
which
reviewed
herein.
Once
activated
by
a
ligand,
initiates
time-dependent
series
molecular
switches
comprising
downregulation
cohort
microRNAs,
up-regulation
newly
synthesized
mRNAs,
covalent
protein
modifications,
collectively
controlling
phenotype-determining
genes.
In
addition
to
long
non-coding
RNAs
circular
play
critical
roles
signaling.
Along
with
driver
mutations,
drives
metastasis
many
ways.
Paracrine
loops
tumor
stromal
cells
enable
fuel
invasion
across
tissue
barriers,
survival
clusters
circulating
cells,
well
colonization
distant
organs.
We
conclude
listing
all
clinically
approved
drugs
targeting
either
or
HER2.
Because
emergence
drug
resistance
is
nearly
inevitable,
we
discuss
major
evasion
mechanisms.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
10(8), P. 248 - 248
Published: July 27, 2018
Lung
cancer
causes
the
largest
number
of
cancer-related
deaths
in
world.
Most
(85%)
lung
cancers
are
classified
as
non-small-cell
(NSCLC)
and
small-cell
(15%)
(SCLC).
The
5-year
survival
rate
for
NSCLC
patients
remains
very
low
(about
16%
at
5
years).
two
predominant
histological
phenotypes
adenocarcinoma
(ADC)
squamous
cell
carcinoma
(LSQCC).
ADCs
display
several
recurrent
genetic
alterations,
including:
KRAS,
BRAF
EGFR
mutations;
mutations
amplifications
oncogenes,
including
ERBB2,
MET,
FGFR1
FGFR2;
fusion
oncogenes
involving
ALK,
ROS1,
Neuregulin1
(NRG1)
RET.
In
LSQCC
TP53,
FGFR1,
FGFR2,
FGFR3,
DDR2
genes
PI3K
pathway
have
been
detected,
quantitative
gene
abnormalities
PTEN
CDKN2A.
Developments
characterization
molecular
provided
a
strong
rationale
new
therapeutic
options
understanding
mechanisms
drug
resistance.
However,
complexity
genomes
is
particularly
high,
shown
by
deep-sequencing
studies
supporting
heterogeneity
tumors
cellular
level,
with
sub-clones
exhibiting
different
combinations
mutations.
Molecular
performed
on
during
treatment
phenomenon
clonal
evolution,
thus
occurrence
temporal
tumor
heterogeneity.