Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Remarkable developments in the systemic treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer have taken place in the past few years. Targeted therapies have been largely employed in patients with far advanced disease, and some of them have demonstrated consistent activity in this setting. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors cause dramatic response in approximately 10% of white patients who had received prior chemotherapy. Responses are higher in Asians. These findings are at least partly caused by the substantially higher incidence of EGFR mutations in Asians compared with whites. Studies of EGFR inhibitors in combination chemotherapy in front-line therapy of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer have, however, failed to improve survival, and better understanding of interactions between chemotherapeutic agents and EGFR inhibitors will be essential in the development of more effective strategies.

publication date

  • May 10, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 19844362355

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1200/JCO.2005.08.409

PubMed ID

  • 15886311

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 14