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Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non-small-cell lung cancer: implications for treatment and tumor biology.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 May 2005
Jänne Pasi A, Engelman Jeffrey A, Johnson Bruce E
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has emerged as an attractive therapeutic target for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, despite its almost universal presence in NSCLC tumors, therapeutic inhibition of EGFR has resulted in significant tumor regressions in only 10% to 20% of patients. Several investigations over the last 12 months have uncovered somatic mutations in EGFR that...
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