ReviewFrontiers in oncology2021
Clinical and Pharmacologic Differences of CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Breast Cancer.
Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Hormone, Targeted, and Combinational Therapies for Breast Cancers: From Humans to Dogs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Risk of Cardiovascular Events with Cyclin-Dependent Kinases 4 and 6 (CDK 4/6) Inhibitors among Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Novel CDK2/4/6 inhibitor culmerciclib (TQB3616) plus fulvestrant in previously treated, HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 trial.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Trial
- Molecularly matched targeted therapies plus radiotherapy in glioblastoma: the phase 1/2a NNature medicine · 2025Trial
- Dalpiciclib and pyrotinib in women with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer: a single-arm phase II trial.Nature communications · 2023Trial
- Adjuvant Palbociclib for Early Breast Cancer: The PALLAS Trial Results (ABCSG-42/AFT-05/BIG-14-03).Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2022Trial
- Abemaciclib in HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer: A Narrative Review of the Clinical Evidence.Oncology and therapy · 2026Review
- From Concept to Clinic: Vepdegestrant (ARV 471) Becomes the First Approved PROTAC Drug.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Targeting PFKFB3 to enhance CDK4/6 inhibitor response in ER+ breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Article
- Real-world effectiveness of CDK4/6 inhibitors in older patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer: a sub-analysis of the multicenter, PALMARES-2 study.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Observational
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- Co-targeting CDK4/6 and MEK reverses mesenchymal transition in therapy-refractory BRAF-altered pediatric high-grade glioma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Article
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- CDK4/6 Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Therapy-A Review of Clinical Trials, Structural and Computational Approaches.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cell-cycle targeted cancer therapy: clinical advances, biological gaps, and the emergence of selective CDK4 inhibitors.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Targeting PFKFB3 to enhance CDK4/6 inhibitor response in ER+ breast cancer.Research square · 2026Article
- Biomarkers of primary and secondary resistance to cyclin dependent kinases 4 and 6 inhibitors in metastatic estrogen receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer: a narrative review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026Review
- Sequential CDK4/6 inhibition in bone-only metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer: a case of prolonged disease control with abemaciclib after clinical progression on palbociclib-based therapy.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- A report of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy during adjuvant abemaciclib for breast cancer.Journal of neurovirology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Targeted therapies such as Cyclin Dependent Kinase 4 and 6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors have improved the prognosis of metastatic hormone receptor (HR) positive breast cancer by combating the resistance seen with traditional endocrine therapy. The three approved agents currently in the market are palbociclib, ribociclib and abemaciclib. Besides the overall similarities associated with CDK4/6 inhibition, there are differences between the three approved agents that may explain the differences noted in unique clinical scenarios- monotherapy, patients with brain metastases or use in the adjuvant setting. This review article will explore the preclinical and pharmacological differences between the three agents and help understand the benefits seen with these agents in certain subgroups of patients with metastatic HR positive breast cancer.
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