Vooruitgang in targeting van 'onaanraakbare' kankerdoelwitten: nieuwe benaderingen

Innovation in drug development is an evolving concept that can take many forms and is often confused with iteration, i.e. new versions of existing drug classes targeting familiar oncogenes. Yet meaningful innovation increasingly lies in translating approaches to historically ‘untouchable’ targets: transcription factors, tumor suppressors, and lineage-defining proteins, which have long resisted conventional pharmacologic approaches. At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) 2025 Congress, a growing body of early-phase trials has continued to test and refine this paradigm, showcasing first-in-human studies and novel modalities aimed at drugging long-deemed inaccessible sites.