title: Chemotherapy Resistance in Lung Cancer.
abstract: Despite a growing interest in development of non-cytotoxic targeted agents, systemic chemotherapy is still the mainstay of treatment for both non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, chemotherapy resistance limits our ability to effectively treat advanced lung cancer. Some lung tumors are intrinsically resistant to chemotherapy, and in virtually all cases, even the initial responders rapidly develop acquired resistance. While targeting histology could result in enhanced tumor sensitivity to a particular chemotherapeutic agent, better understanding of molecular determinants of chemotherapy sensitivity/resistance would be critically important. Development of predictive biomarkers to personalize chemotherapeutic agents and combining novel agents targeting specific resistance pathways with standard chemotherapy could be some promising strategies to overcome chemotherapy resistance in lung cancer. In this chapter, we will discuss some key mechanisms of resistance for commonly used chemotherapeutic agents in lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. eric_kim@urmc.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018435:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B / Q000502:physiology; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000068437:Pemetrexed / Q000627:therapeutic use; D043823:Taxoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077235:Vinorelbine; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D018435:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B; D043823:Taxoids; D000068437:Pemetrexed; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D014747:Vinblastine; D005047:Etoposide; D000077235:Vinorelbine; D000093542:Gemcitabine
keywords: Chemotherapy resistance; Drug resistance; Lung cancer; Multidrug resistance; Non-small cell lung cancer; Small cell lung cancer