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Hepatocyte growth factor reduces susceptibility to an irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor in EGFR-T790M mutant lung cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2010
Yamada Tadaaki, Matsumoto Kunio, Wang Wei, Li Qi, Nishioka Yasuhiko, Sekido Yoshitaka, Sone Saburo, Yano Seiji
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PURPOSE: The secondary T790M mutation in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is the most frequent cause of acquired resistance to the reversible EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI), gefitinib and erlotinib, in lung cancer. Irreversible EGFR-TKIs are expected to overcome the reversible...
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