title: Molecularly targeted therapies in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
abstract: Approximately a third of the patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) present with locally advanced disease not amenable to curative resection. Concurrent chemoradiation is currently the treatment of choice for these patients. Outcomes in patients with locally advanced NSCLC treated with concurrent chemoradiation are modest at best. No significant progress has been made over the past decade in this subset of patients with NSCLC. Several trials have examined the role of molecular targeted therapies in this setting. We review the results of these trials and present the outline of a proposed prospective clinical trial to evaluate targeted drugs in molecularly selected group of patients with locally advanced NSCLC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devarakonda
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morgensztern
authors.forename: Ramaswamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Govindan
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins
keywords: Concurrent chemoradiation; Locally advanced NSCLC; NSCLC; Targeted therapy