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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2017

Targeting the seeds of small cell lung cancer.

Sylvia Mahara, Ron Firestein

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sylvia MaharaCentre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Ron FiresteinCentre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia; Department of Pathology, Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia; Department of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Hudson Institute of Medical Research · AUMonash Health · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), which includes the delivery of cytotoxic drugs to antigen-expressing tumor cells by harnessing the antigen-selectivity of a monoclonal antibody, has the potential to redefine the landscape of translational medicine. With the advent of patient derived xenograft (PDX) models and sophisticated genomic technologies, the identification of a selective antigen can be accurately validated within the appropriate tumor milieu. However, a major biological hurdle in cancer translational medicine is the inherent tumoral heterogeneity, underscoring the importance of targeting the 'right' sub-population of cancer cells. Herein, we review a seminal work highlighting the ability to target a key 'stem-like' cancer sub-population called tumor initiating cells (TICs) using engineered ADCs. While the promise of this approach needs to be validated in the clinical setting, TIC-targeted ADCs offer great hope for circumventing current limitations with conventional ADC therapy.

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Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)cancerstem cellstumor initiating cells (TICs)

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PMID28361078
PMCPMC5360630
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