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Combined lapatinib and cetuximab enhance cytotoxicity against gefitinib-resistant lung cancer cells.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Mar 2008
Kim Hwang-Phill, Han Sae-Won, Kim Sung-Hak, Im Seock-Ah, Oh Do-Youn, Bang Yung-Jue, Kim Tae-You
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Although non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells with somatic mutations in their epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) initially show a dramatic response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), these cells eventually develop resistance to TKI. This resistance may be caused by a secondary T790M mutation in the EGFR tyrosine kinase, which leads to the substitution of methionine for threonine in 790. In this study,...
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