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Small molecules with EGFR-TK inhibitor activity.
Current drug targets - 1 May 2005
Albanell Joan, Gascón Pere
Abstract excerpt
Specific and reversible EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) such as gefitinib and erlotinib are clinically active in advanced or metastatic NSCLC and both are approved in various countries for the treatment of patients that failed prior chemotherapy. Erlotinib has also prolonged survival in pancreatic cancer patients when added to gemcitabine and regulatory approval in this disease is being sought. Additional...
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