title: Second-generation epidermal growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Inhibiting the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has an established role in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The first-generation EGFR inhibitors erlotinib and gefitinib have been approved for treatment in the second- and third-line setting. Second-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors are now in development aiming to improve efficacy and overcome primary and secondary resistance to the first-generation drugs. The two most common strategies being used to achieve these aims are irreversible binding of drug to target and kinase multi-targeting. This is an overview of the early clinical development of selected second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors focusing on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Guy's Hospital, King's College London, Division of Cancer Studies, 3rd Floor, Bermondsey Wing, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spicer
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology*; D055808:Drug Discovery; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D066246:ErbB Receptors