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Identification of EGFR kinase domain mutations among lung cancer patients in China: implication for targeted cancer therapy.
Cell research - 1 Mar 2005
Qin Bao Ming, Chen Xiao, Zhu Jing De, Pei Duan Qing
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death with one of the lowest survival rates. However, a subset of lung cancer patients who are of Asian origin and carry somatic mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor or EGFR have responded remarkable well to two tyrosine kinase inhibitors, gefitinib and erlotinib. While EGFR mutation profiles have been reported from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, there is no...
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