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SUBMITTER: Ali R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372006 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ali Robert R Arshad Junaid J Palacio Sofia S Mudad Raja R
Drug design, development and therapy 20190208
Despite the benefits of first and second generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (<i>ALK</i>) inhibitors in the management of <i>ALK</i>-rearranged advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the development of acquired resistance poses an ongoing dilemma. Brigatinib has demonstrated a wider spectrum of preclinical activity against crizotinib-resistant <i>ALK</i> mutant advanced NSCLC. The current review narrates a brief history of tyrosine kinases, the development and clinical background of brig ...[more]