ReviewNeuro-oncology2022
EGFR, the Lazarus target for precision oncology in glioblastoma.
Review in Neuro-oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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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.
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of tyrosine kinase inhibitor combination therapy for glioblastoma: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The Prognostic Significance of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Amplification and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III Mutation in Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Implications for Targeted Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- CPT1A-mediated IDO1 succinylation shapes EGFRvIII-driven resistance to tumor electric field therapy in glioblastoma.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A Molecular Shielding Strategy to Develop Low Protein Binding, Renal Clearable Pan-Cancer Near-Infrared Probes.Advanced functional materials · 2026Article
- B7 homolog 3-targeted CAR-T cells secreting EGFR T-cell engagers for improved control of glioblastoma progression.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Article
- An EGFR co-amplified lncRNA HELDR promotes glioblastoma malignancy through KAT7-driven gene programs.Nature cell biology · 2026Article
- Dual Targeting of DNA and EGFR by ZYH005 Induces DNA Damage and Mitotic Catastrophe in Glioblastoma.MedComm · 2026Article
- Review
- The development of CAR T cells for patients with CNS malignancies.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026Review
- Periostin Safeguards EGFR-Driven Genomic Instability and Sustains the Immune-Suppressive Niche in Glioblastoma.Human mutation · 2026Article
- Dissecting the Dual Drug Candidates Against Glioblastoma and Oligodendroglioma Through Integrated Transcriptome Analysis and Virtual Screening.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Article
- Glioblastoma in adults: A Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Society of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) consensus review on current management and future directions.Neuro-oncology · 2025Review
- Heterogeneity of Extracellular Vesicles and Non-Vesicular Nanoparticles in Glioblastoma.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- Identifying and exploiting combinatorial synthetic lethality by characterizing adaptive kinome rewiring of EGFRvIII-driven glioblastoma.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
- Review
- Current status of precision oncology in adult glioblastoma.Molecular oncology · 2024Review
- Erlotinib Improves the Response of Glioblastoma Cells Resistant to Photodynamic Therapy.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Engineered extracellular vesicles with polypeptide for targeted delivery of doxorubicin against EGFR‑positive tumors.Oncology reports · 2024Article
- Glioblastoma Neurovascular Progenitor Orchestrates Tumor Cell Type Diversity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Discovery of a Therapeutic Agent for Glioblastoma Using a Systems Biology-Based Drug Repositioning Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
The Lazarus effect is a rare condition that happens when someone seemingly dead shows signs of life. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) represents a target in the fatal neoplasm glioblastoma (GBM) that through a series of negative clinical trials has prompted a vocal subset of the neuro-oncology community to declare this target dead. However, an argument can be made that the core tenets of precision oncology were overlooked in the initial clinical enthusiasm over EGFR as a therapeutic target in GBM. Namely, the wrong drugs were tested on the wrong patients at the wrong time. Furthermore, new insights into the biology of EGFR in GBM vis-à-vis other EGFR-driven neoplasms, such as non-small cell lung cancer, and development of novel GBM-specific EGFR therapeutics resurrects this target for future studies. Here, we will examine the distinct EGFR biology in GBM, how it exacerbates the challenge of treating a CNS neoplasm, how these unique challenges have influenced past and present EGFR-targeted therapeutic design and clinical trials, and what adjustments are needed to therapeutically exploit EGFR in this devastating disease.
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