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ReviewInvestigational new drugs2016

Targeted therapies in gastric cancer treatment: where we are and where we are going.

Gianluca Tomasello, Michele Ghidini, Wanda Liguigli, Margherita Ratti, Laura Toppo, Rodolfo Passalacqua

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Review in Investigational new drugs, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gianluca TomaselloOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy. g.tomasello@ospedale.cremona.it.
Michele GhidiniOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy.
Wanda LiguigliOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy.
Margherita RattiOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy.
Laura ToppoOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy.
Rodolfo PassalacquaOncology Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona, Ospedale di Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, 26100, Cremona, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies and a major cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Its incidence has significantly declined over the last few decades, probably due to the identification of specific etiologic agents such as Helicobacter pylori and other dietary and environmental risk factors. Nevertheless, most of the cases are unfortunately diagnosed at an advanced stage justifying median overall survival rates frequently not exceeding one year. Palliative combination chemotherapy usually represented by a platinum-based doublet is the mainstay of treatment in the metastatic setting. Adding a third drug such as an anthracycline or a taxane has been shown to improve response rate and provide limited survival benefits in fit selected patients. Unlike other tumors, the introduction of molecularly targeted drugs in the medical armamentarium for GC is relatively recent with trastuzumab and ultimately ramucirumab constituting the only agents approved to date. Recent advances in the understanding of GC biology have led to the development of novel targeted therapies holding the promise to further improve treatment outcomes. The aim of this paper is to review the main available data coming from clinical trials of targeted drugs and to describe some of the most interesting molecules in clinical development in GC. These include drugs targeting EGFR, angiogenesis, c-MET, FGFR2, mTOR and immune checkpoints.

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Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrug DesignHumansNeoplasm StagingRisk FactorsStomach NeoplasmsSurvival RateAntineoplastic AgentsGastric cancerMetastaticRamucirumabTargeted therapiesTrastuzumab

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