Receptor pharmacology articles within Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

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  • Review Article |

    FGFR alterations can be detected in a small subset of many different cancer types. Inspired by the successes with other targeted therapies, preliminary attempts to target FGFR-altered cancers have been hampered by low response rates and acquired resistance. In this Review, the author describes the development of FGFR inhibitors thus far, and provides guidance on future research priorities.

    • Masaru Katoh
  • News & Views |

    In the RADIANT study, no difference in disease-free survival was observed for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with erlotinib versus placebo in the adjuvant setting. Further biomarker studies are awaited to determine whether patients with NSCLC can benefit from adjuvant therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

    • Fred R. Hirsch
    •  & Paul A. Bunn Jr