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Mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the EGFR gene are rare in synovial sarcoma.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Apr 2006
Bode Beata, Frigerio Simona, Behnke Silvia, Senn Belinda, Odermatt Bernhard, Zimmermann Dieter R, Moch Holger
Abstract excerpt
The prognosis of patients with synovial sarcomas is poor. New therapeutic strategies, such as target inhibition of the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with erlotinib and gefinitib, could be effective, because most synovial sarcomas overexpress this protein....
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