Radiothérapie et thérapeutiques ciblées dans les cancers bronchiques non à petites cellules Journal Article


Authors: Girard, N.; Mornex, F.
Article Title: Radiothérapie et thérapeutiques ciblées dans les cancers bronchiques non à petites cellules
Abstract: Non-small cell lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, and is diagnosed in nearly 30 % of cases at a locally-advanced stage (stage III). Most of these tumors are not eligible for surgical resection, and therapeutic strategy mainly consists of chemoradiation, which allows to simultaneously achieve local and systemic tumor control. Concurrently with the technological optimization of radiotherapy, many studies have focused on the identification of genomic and molecular alterations associated with lung carcinogenesis, what led to design and make available specific inhibitors of these alterations. The promising results obtained with these targeted therapies in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer suggest that these inhibitors may be efficiently associated with radiotherapy in locally advanced tumors. An increasing number of reports describing the results of such combinations are now available, and are supported by many theoretical and experimental data. This review discusses in depth the results of concurrent combinations of radiotherapy with currently available targeted therapies in non-small cell lung cancer, namely EGFR- and VEGFR-inhibitors. ©John Libbey Eurotext.
Keywords: cancer chemotherapy; cancer survival; gene mutation; clinical trial; review; sorafenib; bevacizumab; cisplatin; erlotinib; placebo; sunitinib; cancer combination chemotherapy; drug efficacy; gemcitabine; paclitaxel; adjuvant therapy; cancer radiotherapy; radiation dose; combined modality therapy; chemotherapy; cancer staging; antineoplastic agent; colorectal cancer; carboplatin; metastasis; etoposide; blood toxicity; esophagitis; lung non small cell cancer; carcinoma, non-small-cell lung; lung neoplasms; radiotherapy; receptor, epidermal growth factor; cetuximab; cancer mortality; carcinogenesis; irinotecan; gefitinib; vandetanib; vatalanib; targeted therapy; cancer control; bronchus cancer; navelbine; angiogenesis inhibitors; chemoradiation; non-small cell lung cancer; tyrosine-kinase inhibitor; epidermal growth factor derivative
Journal Title: Bulletin du Cancer
Volume: 96
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0007-4551
Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext  
Date Published: 2009-03-01
Start Page: 311
End Page: 319
Language: French
DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2009.0837
PUBMED: 19318309
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: "Radiotherapy and targeted therapies in non-small-cell lung cancer" -- "Cited By (since 1996): 1" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: BUCAB" - "Source: Scopus"
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