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Overcoming crizotinib resistance in ALK-rearranged NSCLC with the second-generation ALK-inhibitor ceritinib.
Expert review of anticancer therapy - 1 Jan 2016
Muller Ittai B, De Langen Adrianus J, Honeywell Richard J, Giovannetti Elisa, Peters Godefridus J
Abstract excerpt
In up to 5% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, the EML4-ALK translocation drives tumor progression. Treatment with the ALK inhibitor crizotinib is more effective than standard chemotherapy. However, resistance to crizotinib occurs after approximately 8 months. Ceritinib is the first second-generation ALK inhibitor approved for treatment of crizotinib-resistant NSCLC. Ceritinib inhibits two of the...
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