Spotlight on afatinib and its potential in the treatment of squamous cell lung cancer: the evidence so far
Yijun Xu,1,2 Vivianne W Ding,1 Hong Zhang,2 Xun Zhang,2 David Jablons,1 Biao He1 1Thoracic Oncology Program, Department of Surgery, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, People’s R...
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doaj-ae12c68b4707471aaa36498d0171379b2020-11-24T22:17:58ZengDove Medical PressTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management1178-203X2016-05-012016Issue 180781627081Spotlight on afatinib and its potential in the treatment of squamous cell lung cancer: the evidence so farXu YDing VWZhang HZhang XJablons DHe BYijun Xu,1,2 Vivianne W Ding,1 Hong Zhang,2 Xun Zhang,2 David Jablons,1 Biao He1 1Thoracic Oncology Program, Department of Surgery, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China Abstract: Compared to adenocarcinoma, fewer effective treatment options are available for advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung. Afatinib is an orally administered, irreversible EGFR antagonist. As a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, it has been applied in the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer. Recently, several clinical trials have shown that afatinib leads to a significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with SCC. Moving forward, afatinib should be one of the options among tyrosine kinase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, and cytotoxicity chemotherapy drugs for SCC. Keywords: afatinib, squamous cell carcinoma, EGFR, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, non-small-cell lung cancer, ErbB https://www.dovepress.com/spotlight-on-afatinib-and-its-potential-in-the-treatment-of-squamous-c-peer-reviewed-article-TCRMafatinibsquamous cell carcinomaepidermal growth factor receptortyrosine kinase inhibitornon-small cell lung cancer |
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Spotlight on afatinib and its potential in the treatment of squamous cell lung cancer: the evidence so far |
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spotlight on afatinib and its potential in the treatment of squamous cell lung cancer: the evidence so far |
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Yijun Xu,1,2 Vivianne W Ding,1 Hong Zhang,2 Xun Zhang,2 David Jablons,1 Biao He1 1Thoracic Oncology Program, Department of Surgery, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China Abstract: Compared to adenocarcinoma, fewer effective treatment options are available for advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung. Afatinib is an orally administered, irreversible EGFR antagonist. As a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, it has been applied in the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer. Recently, several clinical trials have shown that afatinib leads to a significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with SCC. Moving forward, afatinib should be one of the options among tyrosine kinase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, and cytotoxicity chemotherapy drugs for SCC. Keywords: afatinib, squamous cell carcinoma, EGFR, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, non-small-cell lung cancer, ErbB |
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