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De novo resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR mutation-positive patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Mar 2010
Takeda Masayuki, Okamoto Isamu, Fujita Yoshihiko, Arao Tokuzo, Ito Hiroyuki, Fukuoka Masahiro, Nishio Kazuto, Nakagawa Kazuhiko
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BACKGROUND: Somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are a predictor of response to treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, mechanisms of de novo resistance to these drugs in patients harborin...
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