A framework for understanding and targeting residual disease in oncogene-driven solid cancers.
A framework for understanding and targeting residual disease in oncogene-driven solid cancers.
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DOI:
10.1038/nm.4091
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发表时间:
2016-05-05
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82.9
通讯作者:
Doebele RC
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作者:
Bivona TG;Doebele RC
Molecular targeted therapy has the potential to dramatically improve cancer patient survival. However, complete and durable responses to targeted therapy are rare in advanced-stage solid cancer patients. Even the most effective targeted therapies generally do not induce a complete tumor response, resulting in residual disease and tumor progression that limits patient survival. We discuss the emerging need to more fully understand the molecular basis of residual disease as a prelude to designing principled therapeutic strategies to minimize or eliminate it so that we can move from temporary to chronic control or cure in advanced-stage solid cancer patients. Ultimately, we propose a shift from the current reactive paradigm of analyzing and treating acquired drug resistance to a pre-emptive paradigm of defining the mechanisms of residual disease in order to target and limit this disease reservoir.