Article
Differential effects of gefitinib and cetuximab on non-small-cell lung cancers bearing epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 17 Aug 2005
Mukohara Toru, Engelman Jeffrey A, Hanna Nasser H, Yeap Beow Y, Kobayashi Susumu, Lindeman Neal, Halmos Balázs, Pearlberg Joseph, Tsuchihashi Zenta, Cantley Lewis C, Tenen Daniel G, Johnson Bruce E, Jänne Pasi A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who achieve radiographic responses to treatment with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib have somatic mutations in the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain. However, little is known...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Apoptosis
- Blotting, Western
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cetuximab
- ErbB Receptors
