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Dramatic response to low-dose erlotinib of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive recurrent non-small cell lung cancer after severe cutaneous toxicity.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Dec 2009
Lind Joline S W, Postmus Pieter E, Heideman Daniëlle A M, Thunnissen Erik B, Bekers Otto, Smit Egbert F
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Erlotinib is increasingly being used for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. The recommended dose is 150 mg/day and no efficacy data is available for lower doses. We describe a case of dramatic tumor response to 50 mg erlotinib in a patient with EGFR mutation positive NSCLC who developed...
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