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. 2016 Sep 18;2016:8768162. doi: 10.1155/2016/8768162

Table 1.

Drugs demonstrated to be implied in the triggering of the jaw osteonecrosis: name, mode of action or molecular target, and therapeutic indications.

Drugs Mode of action Indications
Biphosphonate:
SBPs
N-BPs
Nonhydrolysable cytotoxic analogs of ATP
Farnesyl-diphosphate (FPP) synthase inhibition
Osteoporosis
Paget's disease
Hypercalcemia of malignancy
Tumor-associated osteolysis

Denosumab Monoclonal antibody that inactivates RANKL Osteoporosis
Tumor-associated osteolysis

Bevacizumab Monoclonal antibody that inactivates VEGF Glioblastoma
Metastatic cancers:
breast, renal, lung, colorectal

Sunitinib, Sorafenib, Cabozantinib Tyrosine kinase inhibitors that block VEGF receptor Metastatic cancers:
breast, renal, lung, colorectal

Everolimus, Temsirolimus® mTor inhibitors Metastatic renal cell carcinoma