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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Genet. 2012 Nov 27;14(1):23–34. doi: 10.1038/nrg3352
Drug Drug target Cancer type (or types) Somatic markers
Cetuximab EGFR Colorectal, head and neck EGFR and KRAS
Erlotinib EGFR Lung, pancreatic EGFR
Exemestane Aromatase Breast ESR1, ESR2 and PGR
Gefitinib EGFR Lung EGFR
Imatinib BCR–ABL, KIT and PDGFRa tyrosine kinases Chronic myeloid leukaemia, gastrointestinal Philadelphia chromosome, KIT and PDGFRA
Lapatinib ERBB2 receptor Breast ERBB2
Letrozole Aromatase Breast ESR1, ESR2 and PGR
Panitumumab EGFR Colorectal EGFR and KRAS
Tamoxifen Oestrogen receptor Breast ESR1, ESR2 and PGR
Trastuzumab ERBB2 receptor Breast, stomach ERBB2