Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Pfizer announced plans to acquire Array BioPharma, maker of a BRAF-MEK inhibitor combination that is currently approved for melanoma and could become a first-in-class treatment for colorectal cancer. 31227516 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Excitingly, we have identified novel therapeutic opportunities to overcome intrinsic and acquired resistance to MEK inhibition in colorectal cancer. 30353166 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Combined blockade of MEK and PI3KCA as an effective antitumor strategy in HER2 gene amplified human colorectal cancer models. 31164152 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Correction: Suppression of interferon gene expression overcomes resistance to MEK inhibition in KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer. 31147600 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE MEK inhibitors activate Wnt signalling and induce stem cell plasticity in colorectal cancer. 31097693 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE By treating a panel of 47 human colorectal cancer cell lines with a combination of MEK- and PI3K-inhibitors, we observe a synergistic inhibition of growth in almost all cell lines. 30905967 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE PI3K activation plays a central role in the acquired resistance to the combination of anti-EGFR and MEK-inhibitor in KRAS mutated colorectal cancer cell lines. 30691487 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Using a recently described tumor-selective nanoparticle containing a β-catenin-targeting RNAi trigger, in combination with the FDA-approved MEK inhibitor (MEKi) trametinib, we demonstrate synergistic tumor growth inhibition in <i>in vivo</i> models of colorectal cancer, melanoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. 29282298 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Thus, targeting adaptive feedback pathways in <i>BRAF</i><sup>V600E</sup> colorectal cancer can improve efficacy, but MAPK reactivation remains an important primary and acquired resistance mechanism.<b>Significance:</b> This trial demonstrates that combined BRAF + EGFR + MEK inhibition is tolerable, with promising activity in patients with <i>BRAF</i><sup>V600E</sup> colorectal cancer. 29431699 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE <i>BRAF</i><sup>V600E</sup> mutations occur in ∼10% of colorectal cancer cases, are associated with poor survival, and have limited responses to BRAF/MEK inhibition with or without EGFR inhibition. 29483217 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The combination of autophagy inhibition, anti-EGFR antibodies and checkpoint inhibitors as well as autophagy targeting, MEK inhibition and anti-EGFR antibodies or checkpoint inhibitors appears to be the best treatment approach for microsatellite instability high and stable colorectal cancer cell lines, respectively. 30427914 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Efficacy of the MEK Inhibitor Cobimetinib and its Potential Application to Colorectal Cancer Cells. 29794421 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, we determined that colorectal cancer progression specimens invariably harbored lesions in elements of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway. 28951457 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The response of BRAF mutant colorectal cancer to recent targeted strategies such as anti-BRAF or combinations with MEK and EGFR inhibitors remains limited and highly heterogeneous within BRAF V600E cohorts. 27354468 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Alterations in <i>MEK1/2</i> occur in cancers, both in the treatment-naïve state and following targeted therapies, most notably BRAF and MEK inhibitors in <i>BRAF</i>-V600E-mutant melanoma and colorectal cancer. 28655712 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Oncogenic KRAS-associated gene signature defines co-targeting of CDK4/6 and MEK as a viable therapeutic strategy in colorectal cancer. 28459468 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Combined inhibition of both MEK and CDK4/6 is effective in preclinical models of KRAS mutant CRC and justifies a planned phase II clinical trial in patients with refractory KRAS-mutant CRC.Efficacy of the combination of MEK and CDK4/6 inhibitors in vitro and in vivo in KRAS mutant colorectal cancer models. 27167191 2016
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE KRAS mutations have a significant role in the consecutive activation of RAS.RAF.MEK.ERK pathway in colorectal cancer.Approximately 30.35% of sporadic colorectal cancers have KRAS mutation. 27072218 2016
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Furthermore, the combination of pan-RAF and MEK inhibitors displayed strong synergy in melanoma and colorectal cancer cell lines with RAS-activating events such as RTK activation, KRAS mutation, or NF1 loss-of-function mutations. 26351322 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE HDAC Inhibition Overcomes Acute Resistance to MEK Inhibition in BRAF-Mutant Colorectal Cancer by Downregulation of c-FLIPL. 25813020 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibition With Dabrafenib and Trametinib in BRAF V600-Mutant Colorectal Cancer. 26392102 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Finally, the positive correlation of RHBDD1 expression with the EGFR/Raf/MEK/ERK signalling pathway is further corroborated in a murine model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer. 26300397 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thymoquinone-induced conformational changes of PAK1 interrupt prosurvival MEK-ERK signaling in colorectal cancer. 25174975 2014
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Combination PI3K/MEK inhibition promotes tumor apoptosis and regression in PIK3CA wild-type, KRAS mutant colorectal cancer. 24576621 2014
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Small interfering RNA (siRNA) screening of 37 KRAS mutant colorectal cancer cell lines showed that RAF1 suppression was synthetic lethal with MEK inhibition. 25199829 2014