Crizotinib versus Chemotherapy in AdvancedALK-Positive Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Alice T. Shaw,
DongWan Kim,
Kazuhiko Nakagawa,
Takashi Seto,
Lucio Crinó,
MyungJu Ahn,
Tommaso De Pas,
Benjamin Besse,
Benjamin Solomon,
Fiona Blackhall,
YiLong Wu,
Michael Thomas,
Kenneth J. O’Byrne,
Denis MoroSibilot,
D. Ross Camidge,
Tony Mok,
Vera Hirsh,
Gregory J. Riely,
Shrividya Iyer,
Vanessa Tassell,
Anna Polli,
Keith D. Wilner,
Pasi A. Jänne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1214886
Subject(s) - crizotinib , medicine , ceritinib , lung cancer , alectinib , anaplastic lymphoma kinase , ros1 , oncology , chemotherapy , hazard ratio , docetaxel , chemotherapy regimen , pemetrexed , cancer , surgery , confidence interval , adenocarcinoma , malignant pleural effusion , cisplatin
In single-group studies, chromosomal rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) have been associated with marked clinical responses to crizotinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting ALK. Whether crizotinib is superior to standard chemotherapy with respect to efficacy is unknown.
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