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Alectinib versus crizotinib in patients with ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (J-ALEX): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

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These results provide the first head-to-head comparison of alectinib and crizotinib and have the potential to change the standard of care for the first-line treatment of ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2017-07-01. It has received 665 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Alectinib & Crizotinib.

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Clinical Impact of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer as a Biomarker Assisting in Therapeutic Decisions.

TL;DR: Clinical and histological features of non-small-cell lung cancer associated with EMT are reviewed and potential clinical implications of EMT in current therapeutic options are established, including surgery, radiation, targeted therapy against oncogenic drivers, and immunotherapy.
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Directed Therapies in Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-rearranged Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

TL;DR: The efficacy, indications, and degree of CNS penetration for the ALK-targeting agents crizotinib, ceretinib, alectinib, brigatinib, and lorlatinib are reviewed, as well as a summary of ongoing clinical trials comparing these drugs.
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Current Knowledge about Mechanisms of Drug Resistance against ALK Inhibitors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

TL;DR: A review of the literature on resistance mechanisms to ALK-TKIs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is presented in this paper, where the authors aim at providing an overview of current knowledge about resistance mechanisms.
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ALK inhibitor-induced bradycardia: A systematic-review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the risk of bradycardia associated with ALK inhibitors in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was determined by a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, National clinical trial registry, and Web of Science Core Collection.
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Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy for Advanced NSCLC Patients with Older Age or Those with Poor Performance Status.

TL;DR: In this paper, the therapeutic effect of anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibodies for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on the basis of global Phase III trials was examined.
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Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer

TL;DR: It is shown that a small inversion within chromosome 2p results in the formation of a fusion gene comprising portions of the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) gene and the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells.
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First-line crizotinib versus chemotherapy in ALK-positive lung cancer

TL;DR: Crizotinib was superior to standard first-line pemetrexed-plus-platinum chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated advanced ALK-positive NSCLC and was associated with greater reduction in lung cancer symptoms and greater improvement in quality of life.
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