Irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptors family – a new, promising therapeutic strategy Review article

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Published: Mar 30, 2012
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irreversible TKI inhibitors, breast cancer, lung cancer, HER2, EGFR

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Piotr J. Wysocki
Oddział Chemioterapii Wielkopolskiego Centrum Onkologii w Poznaniu

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Inhibitors of tyrosine kinase residues of epidermal growth factor receptor family (ErbB) have became a treatment of choice in many tumor types. However, even in the presence of predictive factors some patients completely do not benefit from this kind of therapy and basically all responding patients will ultimately develop resistance. Detailed characterization of function and signaling of ErbB receptors revealed that reversible blockade of those receptors represented one of potential escape mechanisms from this particular molecular intervention. Following this observation has several companies generated a novel class of drugs – irreversible ErbB-receptors tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Preclinical and clinical research demonstrated that complete and irreversible blockade of ErbB receptors efficiently inhibited signaling pathways responsible for growth and progression of malignant process leading to objective responses in advanced cancer patients. This article aims to review promising clinical data on the use of irreversible tyrosine kinasase inhibitors in various malignancies with a special focus on lung and breast cancer.

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Wysocki PJ. Irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptors family – a new, promising therapeutic strategy. OncoReview [Internet]. 2012Mar.30 [cited 2024May17];2(1(5):21-6. Available from: https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/OncoReview/article/view/290
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