Article
[Inhibitors of the EGFR pathway in non small cell lung cancer: what's new in 2007?].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2007
Grenier Julien, Soria Jean-Charles
Abstract excerpt
Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a major health public issue because of its frequency and related mortality. Progress with chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC has reached a plateau and more effective and better tolerated therapeutic strategies are needed. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in 80% of NSCLC and inhibitors of EGFR tyrosine kinase have now an important place in the management of...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Cetuximab
- Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
- Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
- ErbB Receptors
- Erlotinib Hydrochloride
- Gefitinib
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
- Quinazolines
