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ReviewCancers2021

Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer: Current and Emerging Therapies.

Karam Khaddour, Sushma Jonna, Alexander Deneka, Jyoti D Patel, Mohamed E Abazeed, Erica Golemis, Hossein Borghaei, Yanis Boumber

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karam KhaddourDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Sushma JonnaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Alexander DenekaFox Chase Cancer Center, Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2448-5156
Jyoti D PatelRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Mohamed E AbazeedRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Erica GolemisFox Chase Cancer Center, Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3618-3673
Hossein BorghaeiFox Chase Cancer Center, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
Yanis BoumberRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Fox Chase Cancer Center · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jesse Nodora · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
A biomarker-driven strategy to guide the use of radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancerR37CA222294 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ABAZEED, MOHAMED E. · 2018 to 2024
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) are the standard of care for patients with EGFR-mutated metastatic lung cancer. While EGFR TKIs have initially high response rates, inherent and acquired resistance constitute a major challenge to the longitudinal treatment. Ongoing work is aimed at understanding the molecular basis of these resistance mechanisms, with exciting new studies evaluating novel agents and combination therapies to improve control of tumors with all forms of EGFR mutation. In this review, we first provide a discussion of EGFR-mutated lung cancer and the efficacy of available EGFR TKIs in the clinical setting against both common and rare EGFR mutations. Second, we discuss common resistance mechanisms that lead to therapy failure during treatment with EGFR TKIs. Third, we review novel approaches aimed at improving outcomes and overcoming resistance to EGFR TKIs. Finally, we highlight recent breakthroughs in the use of EGFR TKIs in non-metastatic EGFR-mutated lung cancer.

Indexed as

adenocarcinomaEGFRlung canceroverall survivalprogression-free survivaltyrosine kinase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34202748
PMCPMC8267708
OpenAlexW3175285609

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