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Hepatocyte growth factor induces gefitinib resistance of lung adenocarcinoma with epidermal growth factor receptor-activating mutations.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 2008
Yano Seiji, Wang Wei, Li Qi, Matsumoto Kunio, Sakurama Haruko, Nakamura Takahiro, Ogino Hirokazu, Kakiuchi Soji, Hanibuchi Masaki, Nishioka Yasuhiko, Uehara Hisanori, Mitsudomi Tetsuya, Yatabe Yasushi, Nakamura Toshikazu, Sone Saburo
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating mutations responds favorably to the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib. However, 25% to 30% of patients with EGFR-activating mutations show intrinsic resistance, and the responders invariably acquire resistan...
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