ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2022
NTRK Gene Fusions in Solid Tumors and TRK Inhibitors: A Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series.
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- Barriers and facilitators to next-generation sequencing use in United States oncology settings: a systematic review.Future oncology (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
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- Peripheral Nerve-Cancer Interactions in the Tumor Microenvironment: A Three-Dimensional Framework Integrating Mechanisms, Modulators, and Therapeutic Strategies.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
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- Deciphering gene mutations in the efficacy and toxicity of antineoplastic drugs: an oncology pharmacist's perspective.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Primary pancreas NTRK-rearranged neoplasm harboring an EVT6::NTRK3 fusion with a sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma morphology: a case report and comprehensive review of the literature.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Current status of precision oncology in adult glioblastoma.Molecular oncology · 2024Review
- A Novel Oncogenic and Drug-Sensitive KIF5B-NTRK1 Fusion in Lung Adenocarcinoma.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Atypical cellular responses mediated by intracellular constitutive active TrkB (NTRK2) kinase domains and a solely intracellular NTRK2-fusion oncogene.Cancer gene therapy · 2024Article
- Pyrazolo[1,5-Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Safety Profiles of Two First-Generation NTRK Inhibitors: Analysis of Individual Case Safety Reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Database.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- The Comprehensive Analysis of Specific Proteins as Novel Biomarkers Involved in the Diagnosis and Progression of Gastric Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- Complete Response on Larotrectinib in NTRK2 Fusion-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Case reports in oncologyArticle
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The approval of larotrectinib and entrectinib for cancer patients harboring an NTRK gene fusion has represented a milestone in the era of "histology-agnostic" drugs. Among the clinical trials that led to the approval of these two drugs, most of the enrolled patients were affected by soft tissue sarcomas, lung, and salivary gland cancer. However, as next-generation sequencing assays are increasingly available in the clinical setting, health care professionals may be able to detect NTRK gene fusions in patients affected by tumor types under or not represented in the clinical trials. To this aim, we systematically reviewed MEDLINE from its inception to 31 August 2022 for case reports and case series on patients with NTRK gene fusion-positive tumors treated with TRK inhibitors. A virtual cohort of 43 patients was created, excluding those enrolled in the above-mentioned clinical trials. Although our results align with those existing in the literature, various cases of central nervous system tumors were registered in our cohort, confirming the benefit of these agents in this subgroup of patients. Large, multi-institutional registries are needed to provide more information about the efficacy of TRK inhibitors in cancer patients affected by tumor types under or not represented in the clinical trials.
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