2022
Brain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer
Adua S, Arnal-Estapé A, Zhao M, Qi B, Liu Z, Kravitz C, Hulme H, Strittmatter N, López-Giráldez F, Chande S, Albert A, Melnick M, Hu B, Politi K, Chiang V, Colclough N, Goodwin R, Cross D, Smith P, Nguyen D. Brain metastatic outgrowth and osimertinib resistance are potentiated by RhoA in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7690. PMID: 36509758, PMCID: PMC9744876, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34889-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression programsRas homolog family member ACancer cellsFamily member AEpidermal growth factor receptorExpression programsMetastatic cancer cellsSRF signalingGrowth factor receptorTumor microenvironmentLung cancerFunctional linkExtracellular lamininDrug-resistant cancer cellsMutant non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerCentral nervous system relapseMolecular studiesMember AEGFR-mutant lung cancerFactor receptorNervous system relapseCell lung cancerDisseminated tumor cellsBrain tumor microenvironment
2017
Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis
Magnuson WJ, Lester-Coll NH, Wu AJ, Yang TJ, Lockney NA, Gerber NK, Beal K, Amini A, Patil T, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Braunstein SE, Boreta LC, Balasubramanian SK, Ahluwalia MS, Rana NG, Attia A, Gettinger SN, Contessa JN, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2016.69.714. PMID: 28113019, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.69.7144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCombined Modality TherapyCranial IrradiationDisease-Free SurvivalErbB ReceptorsErlotinib HydrochlorideFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedProtein Kinase InhibitorsRadiosurgeryRetrospective StudiesSalvage TherapySurvival RateConceptsWhole brain radiotherapyMulti-institutional analysisEGFR-mutant NSCLCBrain metastasesEGFR-TKIStereotactic radiosurgeryTyrosine kinase inhibitorsOverall survivalEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorIntracranial progressionLung cancerMutant non-small cell lung cancerEGFR-TKI resistance mutationNon-small cell lung cancerIntracranial progression-free survivalRetrospective multi-institutional analysisDeferral of radiotherapyEGFR-TKI useSimilar prognostic featuresUpfront EGFR-TKIProgression-free survivalFactor receptorInferior overall survivalCell lung cancer