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ArticleThe Journal of pathology2016

A focused compound screen highlights the significance of epidermal growth factor receptor signalling in chordoma pathogenesis.

Mira Ghaly, Corin Seelemann, Arezu Jahani-Asl

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Article in The Journal of pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mira GhalyDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Lady Davis Medical Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Corin SeelemannDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Lady Davis Medical Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Arezu Jahani-AslDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Lady Davis Medical Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jewish General Hospital · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chordoma is a rare primary bone cancer with limited treatment options. Surgical resection followed by radiotherapy has proven effective; however, when, in 30-40% of patients, tumours recur and metastasize, a high level of resistance to chemotherapies leaves these patients with a dearth of treatment options. Recent work published in the Journal of Pathology by Scheipl et al describing a focused compound drug screen highlights the significance of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signalling in chordoma, and shows potential for EGFR inhibitors as a way forward for developing an effective treatment for chordoma. Importantly, combining EGFR inhibitors with a MET inhibitor induces a synergistic effect on growth inhibition of resistant chordoma cells, highlighting the significance of combined EGFR and MET inhibitors as a potential avenue to defeat chemoresistance in chordoma patients. Copyright © 2016 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsChordomaErbB ReceptorsHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalUnited KingdomAntineoplastic AgentsErbB Receptorschordomacompound drug screencrizotinibEGFR inhibitorsmetMET inhibitorssapitinib

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PMID27538356
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