title: The quest to overcome resistance to EGFR-targeted therapies in cancer.
abstract: All patients with metastatic lung, colorectal, pancreatic or head and neck cancers who initially benefit from epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapies eventually develop resistance. An increasing understanding of the number and complexity of resistance mechanisms highlights the Herculean challenge of killing tumors that are resistant to EGFR inhibitors. Our growing knowledge of resistance pathways provides an opportunity to develop new mechanism-based inhibitors and combination therapies to prevent or overcome therapeutic resistance in tumors. We present a comprehensive review of resistance pathways to EGFR-targeted therapies in lung, colorectal and head and neck cancers and discuss therapeutic strategies that are designed to circumvent resistance.
authors.affiliation: 1] Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Curtis R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Pasi A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Jänne
mesh_terms: D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; C512478:EGFR protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors