Molecular mechanisms underlying the synergistic interaction of erlotinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, with the multitargeted antifolate pemetrexed in non-small-cell lung cancer cells.

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Published in Mol Pharmacol on January 10, 2008

Authors

Elisa Giovannetti1, Clara Lemos, Christina Tekle, Kees Smid, Sara Nannizzi, José A Rodriguez, Simona Ricciardi, Romano Danesi, Giuseppe Giaccone, Godefridus J Peters

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Internal Medicine, 55, Via Roma, 56126 Pisa, Italy. elisa.giovannetti@gmail.com

Associated clinical trials:

Neoadjuvant Icotinib With Chemotherapy for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor(EGFR)-Mutated Resectable Lung Adenocarcinoma | NCT05132985

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