| Literature DB >> 28210105 |
Caroline Wilson1, Sarah J Danson1.
Abstract
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, with 1.3 million new cases diagnosed every year. Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has previously had a very poor prognosis with few effective therapies; however, research has identified that it is associated with a high rate of expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase. This has led to discoveries in drug manipulation of this receptor, to provide effective new therapies against NSCLC. Gefitinib is a small molecule kinase inhibitor which inhibits the cytoplasmic domain of the EGFR; the evidence behind its use and future role is presented in this review.Entities:
Keywords: cigarette smoking; epidermal growth factor receptor; gefitinib; non-small-cell lung carcinoma; tyrosine kinase
Year: 2010 PMID: 28210105 PMCID: PMC5312463 DOI: 10.2147/lctt.s9974
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lung Cancer (Auckl) ISSN: 1179-2728