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Resistance to Crizotinib in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) with ALK Rearrangement: Mechanisms, Treatment Strategies and New Targeted Therapies.
Current clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 2016
Casaluce Francesca, Sgambato Assunta, Sacco Paola Claudia, Palazzolo Giovanni, Maione Paolo, Rossi Antonio, Ciardiello Fortunato, Gridelli Cesare
Abstract excerpt
Non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) harboring anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement are generally responsive to treatment with ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Crizotinib is the first-in-class TKI approved as front-line or salvage therapy in advanced ALK-rearranged NSCLC. Unfortunately, drug resistance develops after initial benefit, through a variety of mechanisms preserving or not the dominance...
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