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RON receptor tyrosine kinase in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Pathogenic mechanism in malignancy and pharmaceutical target for therapy. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2020; 1873:188360. [PMID: 32234337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2020.188360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive cancers with poor prognosis and high mortality. Molecular aberrations associated with PDAC pathogenesis and progression have been extensively investigated. Nevertheless, these findings have not been translated into clinical practice. Lack of therapeutics for PDAC treatment is another challenge. Recent application of molecularly targeted and immunoregulatory therapies appears to be disappointing. Thus, discovery of new targets and therapeutics is urgently needed to combat this malignant disease. The RON receptor tyrosine kinase is a tumorigenic determinant in PDAC malignancy, which provides the rationale to target RON for PDAC treatment. In this review, we summarize the latest evidence of RON in PDAC pathogenesis and the development of anti-RON antibody-drug conjugates for potential PDAC therapy. The finding that anti-RON antibody-drug conjugates show efficacy in preclinical animal models highlights the potential of this novel class of anti-cancer biotherapeutics in future clinical trials.
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Suthe SR, Yao HP, Weng TH, Hu CY, Feng L, Wu ZG, Wang MH. RON Receptor Tyrosine Kinase as a Therapeutic Target for Eradication of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Efficacy of Anti-RON ADC Zt/g4-MMAE. Mol Cancer Ther 2018; 17:2654-2664. [PMID: 30275241 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-18-0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly diverse group of malignant neoplasia with poor outcome. Currently, the lack of effective therapy has fostered a major effort to discover new targets to treat this malignant cancer. Here we identified the RON receptor tyrosine kinase as a therapeutic target for potential TNBC treatment. We analyzed RON expression in 168 primary TNBC samples via tissue microarray using anti-RON IHC staining and demonstrated that RON was widely expressed in 76.8% TNBC samples with overexpression in 76 cases (45.2%). These results provide the molecular basis to target RON for TNBC therapy. To this end, anti-RON monoclonal antibody Zt/g4-drug monomethyl auristatin E conjugate (Zt/g4-MMAE) was developed with a drug to antibody ratio of 3.29 and tested in a panel of TNBC cell lines with different phenotypes. In vitro, Zt/g4-MMAE rapidly induced RON internalization, resulted in cell-cycle arrest followed by massive cell death. The calculated IC50 values ranged from 0.06 to 3.46 μg/mL dependent on individual TNBC cell lines tested. Zt/g4-MMAE also effectively killed TNBC stem-like cells with RON+/CD44+/CD24- phenotypes and RON-negative TNBC cells through the bystander effect. In vivo, Zt/g4-MMAE at 10 mg/kg in a Q12 × 2 regimen completely eradicated TNBC xenografts without the regrowth of xenograft tumors. In conclusion, increased RON expression is a pathogenic feature in primary TNBC samples. Zt/g4-MMAE is highly effective in eradicating TNBC xenografts in preclinical models. These findings lay the foundation for using anti-RON Zt/g4-MMAE in clinical trials as a novel strategy for TNBC treatment.
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- Sreedhar Reddy Suthe
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Cancer Biology Research Center.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Cancer Biology Research Center.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. .,Cancer Biology Research Center.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Pinho JRR, Sitnik R, Mangueira CLP. Personalized medicine and the clinical laboratory. EINSTEIN-SAO PAULO 2015; 12:366-73. [PMID: 25295459 PMCID: PMC4872953 DOI: 10.1590/s1679-45082014rw2859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Personalized medicine is the use of biomarkers, most of them molecular markers, for detection of specific genetic traits to guide various approaches for preventing and treating different conditions. The identification of several genes related to heredity, oncology and infectious diseases lead to the detection of genetic polymorphisms that are involved not only in different clinical progression of these diseases but also in variations in treatment response. Currently, it is possible to detect these polymorphisms using several methodologies: detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms using polymerase chain reaction methods; nucleic acid microarray detection; and nucleic acid sequencing with automatized DNA sequencers using Sanger-derived methods and new generation sequencing. Personalized medicine assays are directed towards detecting genetic variations that alter interactions of drugs with targets or the metabolic pathways of drugs (upstream and downstream) and can be utilized for the selection of drug formulations and detect different immunogenicities of the drug. Personalized medicine applications have already been described in different areas of Medicine and allow specific treatment approaches to be applied to each patient and pathology according to the results of these assays. The application of such a protocol demands an increasing interaction between the clinical laboratory and the clinical staff. For its implementation, a coordinated team composed of basic researchers and physicians highly specialized in their areas supported by a highly specialized team of clinical analysts particularly trained in molecular biology assays is necessary.
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Fleuren EDG, Versleijen-Jonkers YMH, Heskamp S, van Herpen CML, Oyen WJG, van der Graaf WTA, Boerman OC. Theranostic applications of antibodies in oncology. Mol Oncol 2014; 8:799-812. [PMID: 24725480 DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Targeted therapies, including antibodies, are becoming increasingly important in cancer therapy. Important limitations, however, are that not every patient benefits from a specific antibody therapy and that responses could be short-lived due to acquired resistance. In addition, targeted therapies are quite expensive and are not completely devoid of side-effects. This urges the need for accurate patient selection and response monitoring. An important step towards personalizing antibody treatment could be the implementation of theranostics. Antibody theranostics combine the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of an antibody, thereby selecting those patients who are most likely to benefit from antibody treatment. This review focuses on the clinical application of theranostic antibodies in oncology. It provides detailed information concerning the suitability of antibodies for theranostics, the different types of theranostic tests available and summarizes the efficacy of theranostic antibodies used in current clinical practice. Advanced theranostic applications, including radiolabeled antibodies for non-invasive functional imagining, are also addressed. Finally, we discuss the importance of theranostics in the emerging field of personalized medicine and critically evaluate recent data to determine the best way to apply antibody theranostics in the future.
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- Emmy D G Fleuren
- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Hagan S, Orr MCM, Doyle B. Targeted therapies in colorectal cancer-an integrative view by PPPM. EPMA J 2013; 4:3. [PMID: 23356214 PMCID: PMC3584939 DOI: 10.1186/1878-5085-4-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In developed countries, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy, but it is the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death. Clinicians are still faced with numerous challenges in the treatment of this disease, and future approaches which target the molecular features of the disorder will be critical for success in this disease setting. Genetic analyses of many solid tumours have shown that up to 100 protein-encoding genes are mutated. Within CRC, numerous genetic alterations have been identified in a number of pathways. Therefore, understanding the molecular pathology of CRC may present information on potential routes for treatment and may also provide valuable prognostic information. This will be particularly pertinent for molecularly targeted treatments, such as anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapies and anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody therapy. KRAS and BRAF mutations have been shown to predict response to anti-EGFR therapy. As EGFR can also signal via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) kinase pathway, there is considerable interest in the potential roles of members of this pathway (such as PI3K and PTEN) in predicting treatment response. Therefore, a combined approach of new techniques that allow identification of these biomarkers alongside interdisciplinary approaches to the treatment of advanced CRC will aid in the treatment decision-making process and may also serve to guide future therapeutic approaches.
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- Suzanne Hagan
- Department of Life Sciences Glasgow, Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK
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- Personalised Healthcare and Biomarkers, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Trinity College, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, 8, Ireland
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Modjtahedi H, Khelwatty SA, Kirk RS, Seddon AM, Essapen S, Del Vecchio CA, Wong AJ, Eccles S. Immunohistochemical discrimination of wild-type EGFR from EGFRvIII in fixed tumour specimens using anti-EGFR mAbs ICR9 and ICR10. Br J Cancer 2012; 106:883-8. [PMID: 22315050 PMCID: PMC3305949 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background: The human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important therapeutic target in oncology, and three different types of EGFR inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of cancer patients. However, there has been no clear association between the expression levels of EGFR protein in the tumours determined by the FDA-approved EGFR PharmDx kit (Dako) or other standard anti-EGFR antibodies and the response to the EGFR inhibitors. Method: In this study, we investigated the potential of our anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (mAbs; ICR9, ICR10, ICR16) for immunohistochemical diagnosis of wild-type EGFR and/or the type-III deletion mutant form of EGFR (EGFRvIII) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human tumour specimens. Results: We found that the anti-EGFR mAb in the EGFR PharmDx kit stained both wild-type and EGFRvIII-expressing cells in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections. This pattern of EGFR immunostaining was also found with our anti-EGFR mAb ICR16. In contrast, mAbs ICR10 and ICR9 were specific for the wild-type EGFR. Conclusion: We conclude that mAbs ICR9 and ICR10 are ideal tools for investigating the expression patterns of wild-type EGFR protein in tumour specimens using immunohistochemistry, and to determine their prognostic significance, as well as predictive value for response to therapy with EGFR antibodies.
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- H Modjtahedi
- School of Life Sciences, Kingston University London, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK.
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Tolcher AW. The evolution of phase I trials in cancer medicine: a critical review of the last decade. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CANCER 2011; 30:815-20. [PMID: 22059910 PMCID: PMC4013329 DOI: 10.5732/cjc.011.10133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The advent of targeted therapies, combined with an unsustainable rate of failure in oncology drug development, has resulted in a number of new approaches to clinical trials. Early clinical trials are no exception, with efforts to improve the eventual success rate of late stage trials through evolving phase I trial methodologies, the addition of extensive pharmacodynamic studies, and early adoption of patient selection strategies. Unfortunately, some of these new approaches have met with mixed results. Furthermore, no clear metrics are available to determine whether these designs are more successful than previous strategies. This review examines the evolution of phase I trials and draws upon several examples of strategies that have been successful as well as those that have not, and outlines a pragmatic approach to phase I trials as our understanding of the molecular biology of individual malignancies emerges.
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- Anthony W Tolcher
- Breast Department of Clinical Research, South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Ensinger C. Models of partnership between the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries around companion diagnostics for cancer and beyond. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 5:91-4. [PMID: 23480583 DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2011.552497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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An increase of targeted anticancer therapies has led to the beginning of a new era of cancer treatment, partly by replacing classical chemotherapies, partly supplementing these. Whereas for some substances only clinical experiences are relevant for treatment decisions, for some major cancer groups predictive markers are known that indicate probable tumor responses. To identify the latter, a need for companion diagnostics is given, often already existing as successful cooperation between pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries. This editorial focuses on the impact of companion diagnostic tests in personalized anticancer medicine, reporting recent advances in identifying and characterizing tumor subgroups responding to selected drugs. The most successful targeted therapies are directed against the EGFR/Her-2/neu receptors with regard to their downstream molecules in major cancer groups, including breast, gastric, lung and colorectal carcinomas. The development of biomarkers provides great opportunities to identify subpopulations with differential drug responses. On the one hand patients themselves are gaining major advantages of personalized and better tolerable cancer treatment, on the other hand, owing to very focused targeted therapies, these developments make possible cost-intensive targeted drug investigations and trials, especially in a situation of limited healthcare budgets.
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- Christian Ensinger
- Medical University of Innsbruck, Institute of Pathology, Muellerstrasse 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria +43 512 9003 71315 ; +43 512 9003 73301 ;
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Epidermal growth factor receptor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 are specific biomarkers in triple-negative breast cancer. Results from a controlled randomized trial with long-term follow-up. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2010; 120:491-8. [PMID: 20135347 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNB) has poor prognosis and moreover patients with TNB do not benefit from established targeted drugs with endocrine therapy or trastuzumab. The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of candidate biomarkers in tumors from patients with TNB. Tissue microarrays were prepared from primary tumors from premenopausal breast cancer patients (500/564) randomized to adjuvant tamoxifen or no adjuvant treatment. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining included ER, PR, HER2, epidermal receptor growth factor (EGFR), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2). EGFR and HER2 gene copy number was defined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). All patients were included in the descriptive analysis, but only untreated patients in the survival analysis. TNB was diagnosed in 96 patients and correlated significantly to low age, Nottingham histological grade (NHG) III, high Ki67-index, T2 tumors, node negativity, EGFR positivity, increased EGFR gene copy number and high VEGFR2 expression. TNB was an independent prognostic factor for decreased 5-year breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) (HR 2.0 (95% CI 1.1-3.6), P = 0.01), but not for 10-year BCSS. High VEGFR2 expression was significantly correlated to decreased BCSS in TNB patients. TNB was associated with decreased BCSS and clinicopathological characteristics of an aggressive tumor type. High VEGFR2 expression, EGFR expression, and EGFR gene copy number were significantly correlated to TNB, supporting their role as putative candidate biomarkers for selection of targeted therapy in TNB.
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Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in cancer treatment: advances, challenges and opportunities. Anticancer Drugs 2009; 20:851-5. [PMID: 19826350 DOI: 10.1097/cad.0b013e3283330590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aberrant expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) system has been reported in a wide range of epithelial cancers. In some studies, this has also been associated with a poor prognosis and resistance to the conventional forms of therapies. These discoveries have led to the strategic development of several kinds of EGFR inhibitors, five of which have gained US Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (gefitinib and erlotinib), metastatic colorectal cancer (cetuximab and panitumumab), head and neck (cetuximab), pancreatic cancer (erlotinib) and breast (lapatinib) cancer. Despite these advances and recent studies on the predictive value of activating EGFR mutation and KRAS mutations with response in non-small-cell lung cancer and colon cancer patients, there is currently no reliable predictive marker for response to therapy with the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies cetuximab and panitumumab or the small molecule EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib. In particular, there has been no clear association between the expression of EGFR, determined by the US Food and Drug Administration-approved EGFR PharmDX kit, and response to the EGFR inhibitors. Here, we discuss some of the controversial data and explanatory factors as well as future studies for the establishment of more reliable markers for response to therapy with EGFR inhibitors. Such investigations should lead to the selection of a more specific subpopulation of cancer patients who benefit from therapy with EGFR inhibitors, but equally to spare those who will receive no benefit or a detrimental effect from such biological agents.
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Molecular targeted cancer therapy (MTCT) is the "personalized" or "individualized" approaches toward cancer which targets the particular molecular or genetic changes, i.e. over-expression of molecules, and genetic amplification, mutations and translocations. MTCT is generally composed of two mechanisms, (1) humanized monoclonal antibodies (hMAB) and (2) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). Somatostatin analogue (SA) is the unique situation for the therapy of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) which possess somatostatin receptor (SSTR). The cancers which are benefited by MTCT have been increased and will be increased to cover wide varieties of cancers. Good examples are (1) trastuzumab, hMAB against HER2 in breast cancers with HER2 over-expression and amplification, (2) imatinib, TKI, for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with c-kit mutation, (3) gefitinib, TKI, for lung adenocarcinoma with EGFR mutation. The drug effects have been reported to be associated with these molecular and genetic changes. It should be particularly emphasized to treat the patients with corresponding targeted molecular changes. These molecular and genetic analysis should be performed! On the right areas of the cancers, ample amount of viable cancer cells, where the major roles of pathologists are lied. This introductory review of MTCT describes more details of each MTCT.
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- Robert Y Osamura
- Department of Pathology Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Patel DK. Clinical use of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies in metastatic colorectal cancer. Pharmacotherapy 2009; 28:31S-41S. [PMID: 18980550 DOI: 10.1592/phco.28.11-supp.31s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Abstract Cetuximab and panitumumab, monoclonal antibodies used to target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), were recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use as single agents or in combination with other chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies, either as single agents or in combination with chemotherapy, have demonstrated clinical activity in this setting. When combined with standard cytotoxic chemotherapy or other targeted agents (e.g., bevacizumab, an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody), anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies have been well tolerated and produced minimal toxicities. However, cetuximab and panitumumab appear to benefit only select patients. Predictive markers of efficacy, including EGFR overexpression, development of skin rash, and the absence of a K-ras mutation, have been evaluated in clinical studies to identify patients likely to respond to anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody therapy. This review discusses recent clinical studies of anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, predictive markers of their efficacy, and common toxicities associated with their use.
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- Dina K Patel
- Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-40009, USA.
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