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Setting the benchmark for tailoring treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Jun 2007
Rosell Rafael, Taron Miquel, Sanchez Jose Javier, Paz-Ares Luis
Abstract excerpt
Overexpression and mutational activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is involved in tumor development and progression in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Somatic mutations in the EGFR kinase domain confer high sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). The two most frequent mutations are the exon 19 deletion and the exon 21 L858R. Distinct EGFR mutations differ in their effect on...
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