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ReviewTranslational lung cancer research2015

Targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: current standards and the promise of the future.

Bryan A Chan, Brett G M Hughes

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Review in Translational lung cancer research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 413 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

413 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bryan A Chan1 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia ; 2 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia ; 3 The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.
Brett G M Hughes1 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia ; 2 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia ; 3 The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a major paradigm shift in the management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC should now be further sub-classified by histology and driver mutation if one is known or present. Translational research advances now allow such mutations to be inhibited by either receptor monoclonal antibodies (mAb) or small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). Whilst empirical chemotherapy with a platinum-doublet remains the gold standard for advanced NSCLC without a known driver mutation, targeted therapy is pushing the boundary to significantly improve patient outcomes and quality of life. In this review, we will examine the major subtypes of oncogenic drivers behind NSCLC as well as the development of targeted agents available to treat them both now and in the foreseeable future.

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anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)Non-small cell lung carcinomatargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID25806345
PMCPMC4367711

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