Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35922812›Full record

ReviewMolecular cancer2022

Targeting KRAS mutant cancers: from druggable therapy to drug resistance.

Chunxiao Zhu, Xiaoqing Guan, Xinuo Zhang, Xin Luan, Zhengbo Song, Xiangdong Cheng, Weidong Zhang, Jiang-Jiang Qin

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

138 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 200 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Phase I/II Trial of Exportin 1 Inhibitor Selinexor plus Docetaxel in Previously Treated, Advanced KRAS-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  3. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel KRAS-G12D inhibitors.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2026
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78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 6 institutions in 1 country.

Chunxiao Zhu *The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
Xiaoqing Guan *The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
Xinuo Zhang *The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
Xin LuanInstitute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research and Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Zhengbo SongThe Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China.
Xiangdong ChengThe Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China. chengxd@zjcc.org.cn.
Weidong ZhangInstitute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research and Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. wdzhangy@hotmail.com.
Jiang-Jiang QinThe Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, China. jqin@ucas.ac.cn.
Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences · CNZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShuguang Hospital · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNWestlake University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kirsten Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog (KRAS) is the most frequently mutated oncogene, occurring in a variety of tumor types. Targeting KRAS mutations with drugs is challenging because KRAS is considered undruggable due to the lack of classic drug binding sites. Over the past 40 years, great efforts have been made to explore routes for indirect targeting of KRAS mutant cancers, including KRAS expression, processing, upstream regulators, or downstream effectors. With the advent of KRAS (G12C) inhibitors, KRAS mutations are now druggable. Despite such inhibitors showing remarkable clinical responses, resistance to monotherapy of KRAS inhibitors is eventually developed. Significant progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms of drug resistance to KRAS-mutant inhibitors. Here we review the most recent advances in therapeutic approaches and resistance mechanisms targeting KRAS mutations and discuss opportunities for combination therapy.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Drug ResistanceHumansMutationKRAS protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Combination therapyDruggableKRAS mutationsResistance

Identifiers

PMID35922812
PMCPMC9351107
OpenAlexW4289711071

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