Oncotarget

Reviews:

Driver genes in non-small cell lung cancer: Characteristics, detection methods, and targeted therapies

Qing-Ge Zhu, Shi-Ming Zhang, Xiao-Xiao Ding, Bing He and Hu-Qin Zhang _

PDF  |  HTML  |  How to cite

Oncotarget. 2017; 8:57680-57692. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.17016

Metrics: PDF 4032 views  |   HTML 4874 views  |   ?  


Abstract

Qing-Ge Zhu1,*, Shi-Ming Zhang1,*, Xiao-Xiao Ding1,*, Bing He1 and Hu-Qin Zhang1

1The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P.R. China

*These authors contributed equally to the work

Correspondence to:

Hu-Qin Zhang, email: [email protected]

Bing He, email: [email protected]

Keywords: driver genes, non-small cell lung cancer, characteristics, detection methods, targeted therapies

Received: February 23, 2017     Accepted: March 30, 2017     Published: April 10, 2017

ABSTRACT

Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death in the world. The large number of lung cancer cases is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which approximately accounting for 75% of lung cancer. Over the past years, our comprehensive knowledge about the molecular biology of NSCLC has been rapidly enriching, which has promoted the discovery of driver genes in NSCLC and directed FDA-approved targeted therapies. Of course, the targeted therapies based on driver genes provide a more exact option for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, improving the survival rate of patients. Now, we will review the landscape of driver genes in NSCLC including the characteristics, detection methods, the application of target therapy and challenges.


Creative Commons License All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PII: 17016