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Proton Therapy Delivery and Its Clinical Application in Select Solid Tumor Malignancies
Published on: February 6, 2019
[Radiation therapy and targeted therapies: Risks and opportunities]
1Département de radiothérapie et oncologie, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, APHP, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
Purpose:
Radiotherapy and targeted therapies play a major role in the management of cancers. Unfortunately, the toxicity and efficacy data regarding their association are tenuous and not centralized. Thus, we propose a literature review about the risks and opportunities of combining radiotherapy with targeted therapies.
Methods:
We searched databases EMBASE, ClinicalTrial.gov, Medline and Web of Science for the terms « radiotherapy », « radiation therapy », « radiosurgery », « local ablative therapy », « gamma knife » et « stereotactic », combinés avec « cetuximab », « crizotinib », « erlotinib », « gefitinib », « lapatinib » « trastuzumab », "vemurafenib", « panitumumab », « alectinib », « ceritinib », « dabrafenib », « trametinib », « BRAF », « TKI », « MEK », « EGFR », « ALK », « ADC », « trastuzumab », « pertuzumab », « TDM-1 », « trastuzumab emtansine », « TDxd », « trastuzumab deruxtecan », « lorlatinib », « targeted therapy ».
Results:
A few trials have showed a synergistic effect of radiotherapy associated with targeted therapies. MAPK inhibitors provide proven and well-known toxicity, for which clinical practice guidelines exist.
Conclusion:
This review provides a point of view in the current state of knowledge, and its limitations highlight the need for more solid data in a field full of promise.
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