Capmatinib inMETExon 14–Mutated orMET-Amplified Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Jürgen Wolf,
Takashi Seto,
JiYoun Han,
Noemı́ Reguart,
Edward B. Garon,
Harry J.M. Groen,
Daniel S.W. Tan,
Toyoaki Hida,
Maja J.A. de Jonge,
Sergey Orlov,
Egbert F. Smit,
Pierre-Jean Souquet,
Johan Vansteenkiste,
Maximilian J. Hochmair,
Enriqueta Felip,
Makoto Nishio,
Michael Thomas,
Kadoaki Ohashi,
Ryo Toyozawa,
Tobias R. Overbeck,
Filippo de Marinis,
Tae Min Kim,
Eckart Laack,
Anna Robeva,
Sylvie Le Mouhaër,
Maeve Waldron-Lynch,
B. Sankaran,
O. Alejandro Balbin,
Xiaoming Cui,
Monica Giovannini,
Mikhail Akimov,
Rebecca S. Heist
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2002787
Subject(s) - exon , lung cancer , cancer research , mutation , cancer , biology , medicine , oncology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene
Among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), MET exon 14 skipping mutations occur in 3 to 4% and MET amplifications occur in 1 to 6%. Capmatinib, a selective inhibitor of the MET receptor, has shown activity in cancer models with various types of MET activation.
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