Sobani ZA, Sawant A, Jafri M, Correa AK, Sahin IH. Oncogenic fingerprint of epidermal growth factor receptor pathway and emerging epidermal growth factor receptor blockade resistance in colorectal cancer. World J Clin Oncol 2016; 7(5): 340-351 [PMID: 27777877 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v7.i5.340]
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Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, United States. md.ibrahim.halil.sahin@gmail.com
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Oncology
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Review
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World J Clin Oncol. Oct 10, 2016; 7(5): 340-351 Published online Oct 10, 2016. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v7.i5.340
Oncogenic fingerprint of epidermal growth factor receptor pathway and emerging epidermal growth factor receptor blockade resistance in colorectal cancer
Zain A Sobani, Ashwin Sawant, Mikram Jafri, Amit Keith Correa, Ibrahim Halil Sahin
Zain A Sobani, Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, New York, NY 11219, United States
Ashwin Sawant, Amit Keith Correa, Ibrahim Halil Sahin, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10019, United States
Mikram Jafri, Department of Medicine, Albany Stratton Veterans Hospital, Albany, New York, NY 12208, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no financial or non-financial conflict of interest including but not limited to commercial, personal, political, intellectual, or religious interests related to this manuscript.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, United States. md.ibrahim.halil.sahin@gmail.com
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Received: April 25, 2016 Peer-review started: April 26, 2016 First decision: June 16, 2016 Revised: July 18, 2016 Accepted: August 6, 2016 Article in press: August 8, 2016 Published online: October 10, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) blockade treatment is a well-established targeted therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. However, a limited number of patients benefit from EGFR inhibition, with limited time duration of response. This review article discusses the most recent updates from the current-state-of-the-science related to molecular pathways of EGFR signaling, the mechanism of action and efficacy of EGFR blockade treatment, and possible molecular pathways related to EGFR blockade resistance in CRC. We further discuss potential mechanisms contributing to targeted EGFR inhibition. Lastly, future perspectives are discussed to shed some light on efforts to overcome this potential challenge in the era of targeted treatment.
