Overview of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in clinical breast cancer

Agrawal, A., Gutteridge, E., Gee, Julia Margaret Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-2015, Nicholson, Robert Ian and Robertson, J. F. R. 2005. Overview of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in clinical breast cancer. Endocrine-Related Cancer 12 (S1) , S135-S144. 10.1677/erc.1.01059

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Abstract

Studies of cell models and profiling of clinical breast cancer material to reveal the mechanisms of resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy, and to tamoxifen in particular, have reported that this phenomenon can be associated with increased expression and signalling through erbB Type 1 growth factor receptors, notably the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and HER2. Further molecular studies have revealed an intricate interlinking between such growth factor receptor pathways and oestrogen receptor (ER) signalling. Inhibition of receptor tyrosine kinase activity involved in the EGFR signalling cascade forms the basis for the use of EGFR specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors exemplified by gefitinib (ZD1839, Iressa) and erlotinib (OSI-774, Tarceva). Such agents have proved promising in pre-clinical studies and are currently in clinical trials in breast cancer, where gefitinib has been studied more extensively to date. Here, we present an overview of the current development of gefitinib in clinical breast cancer. This includes results from our clinical breast cancer trial 1839IL/0057 that demonstrate the efficacy of gefitinib within ER-positive, tamoxifen-resistant patients with locally advanced/metastatic disease, where parallel decreases in EGFR signal transduction and the Ki67 (MIB1) proliferation marker can be detected as predicted from model system studies. We also consider trials examining combination treatment with gefitinib and anti-hormonal strategies that will begin to address the clinically important question of whether gefitinib can delay/prevent onset of anti-hormone resistance.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Pharmacy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Additional Information:	This paper was presented at the 1st Tenovus/AstraZeneca Workshop, Cardiff (2005)
Publisher:	Society for Endocrinology
ISSN:	1351-0088
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17202

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