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Brain metastases from lung cancer responding to erlotinib: the importance of EGFR mutation.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Mar 2011
Porta R, Sánchez-Torres J M, Paz-Ares L, Massutí B, Reguart N, Mayo C, Lianes P, Queralt C, Guillem V, Salinas P, Catot S, Isla D, Pradas A, Gúrpide A, de Castro J, Polo E, Puig T, Tarón M, Colomer R, Rosell R
Abstract excerpt
Median survival of patients with brain metastases from nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poor and more effective treatments are urgently needed. We have evaluated the efficacy of erlotinib in this setting and its association with activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EG...
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