EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

Long axial field of view PET scanners: a road map to implementation and new possibilities

RHJA Slart, C Tsoumpas, AWJM Glaudemans… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In this contribution, several opportunities and challenges for long axial field of view (LAFOV)
PET are described. It is an anthology in which the main issues have been highlighted. A …

Forward to the past: the case for quantitative PET imaging

AA Lammertsma - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET was developed in the 1970s as an in vivo method to measure regional
pathophysiologic processes. In the 1990s the focus moved to the detection of local …

Insight into the Development of PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Oncology

J Lau, E Rousseau, D Kwon, KS Lin, F Bénard, X Chen - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
While the development of positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals
closely follows that of traditional drug development, there are several key considerations in …

Value of 18F–FDG PET/CT for predicting EGFR mutations and positive ALK expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis of 849 …

Z Lv, J Fan, J Xu, F Wu, Q Huang, M Guo, T Liao… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and the anaplastic lymphoma
kinase (ALK) rearrangement are the two most common druggable targets in non-small cell …

Positron emission tomographic imaging in drug discovery

KK Ghosh, P Padmanabhan, CT Yang, DCE Ng… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an extensively used nuclear functional imaging
technique, especially for central nervous system (CNS) and oncological disorders. Currently …

Quantitative in vivo cell-surface receptor imaging in oncology: kinetic modeling and paired-agent principles from nuclear medicine and optical imaging

KM Tichauer, Y Wang, BW Pogue… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The development of methods to accurately quantify cell-surface receptors in living tissues
would have a seminal impact in oncology. For example, accurate measures of receptor …

A PET imaging approach for determining EGFR mutation status for improved lung cancer patient management

X Sun, Z Xiao, G Chen, Z Han, Y Liu, C Zhang… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Tumor heterogeneity and changes in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation
status over time challenge the design of effective EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) …

Molecular imaging in cancer drug development

SJH Waaijer, IC Kok, B Eisses… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Development of new oncology drugs has increased since the improved understanding of
cancer's complex biology. The oncology field has become the top therapeutic research area …

Role of [18F]FDG PET in prediction of KRAS and EGFR mutation status in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

C Caicedo, MJ Garcia-Velloso, MD Lozano… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose The tumour molecular profile predicts the activity of epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, tissue …