Precision medicine in non-small cell lung cancer: Current applications and future directions

SR Yang, AM Schultheis, H Yu, D Mandelker… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in biomarkers, targeted therapies, and immuno-oncology have transformed the
clinical management of patients with advanced NSCLC. For oncogene-driven tumors, there …

The resistance mechanisms and treatment strategies for ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer

Y Pan, C Deng, Z Qiu, C Cao, F Wu - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a validated molecular target for non-small-cell lung
cancer (NSCLC). The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has led to significantly …

Biomarker-targeted therapies in non–small cell lung cancer: current status and perspectives

H Guo, J Zhang, C Qin, H Yan, T Liu, H Hu, S Tang… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most common malignancies and the
leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Despite many therapeutic advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Going beneath the tip of the iceberg. Identifying and understanding EML4-ALK variants and TP53 mutations to optimize treatment of ALK fusion positive (ALK+ …

SS Zhang, M Nagasaka, VW Zhu, SHI Ou - Lung Cancer, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) and
anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene fusion in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) …

Treatment of brain metastases of non-small cell lung carcinoma

A Rybarczyk-Kasiuchnicz, R Ramlau… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is one of the most common malignant neoplasms. As a result of the disease's
progression, patients may develop metastases to the central nervous system. The prognosis …

Clinical utility of liquid biopsy-based actionable mutations detected via ddPCR

I Palacín-Aliana, N García-Romero, A Asensi-Puig… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and remains a major public health
challenge. The introduction of more sensitive and powerful technologies has permitted the …

Early identification of disease progression in ALK-rearranged lung cancer using circulating tumor DNA analysis

AK Angeles, P Christopoulos, Z Yuan, S Bauer… - NPJ Precision …, 2021 - nature.com
Targeted kinase inhibitors improve the prognosis of lung cancer patients with ALK
alterations (ALK+). However, due to the emergence of acquired resistance and varied …

[HTML][HTML] Brigatinib versus alectinib in ALK-positive NSCLC after disease progression on crizotinib: results of phase 3 ALTA-3 trial

JCH Yang, G Liu, S Lu, J He, M Burotto, MJ Ahn… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction This open-label, phase 3 trial (ALTA-3; NCT03596866) compared efficacy and
safety of brigatinib versus alectinib for ALK+ NSCLC after disease progression on crizotinib …

Longitudinal therapy monitoring of ALK-positive lung cancer by combined copy number and targeted mutation profiling of cell-free DNA

S Dietz, P Christopoulos, Z Yuan, AK Angeles, L Gu… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Targeted therapies (TKI) have improved the prognosis of ALK-rearranged lung
cancer (ALK+ NSCLC), but clinical courses vary widely. Early identification and molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Final efficacy and safety data, and exploratory molecular profiling from the phase III ALUR study of alectinib versus chemotherapy in crizotinib-pretreated ALK …

J Wolf, Å Helland, IJ Oh, MR Migliorino, R Dziadziuszko… - ESMO open, 2022 - Elsevier
Background At the primary data cut-off, the ALUR study demonstrated significantly improved
progression-free survival (PFS) and central nervous system (CNS) objective response rate …