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Expression of estrogen receptor beta predicts a clinical response and longer progression-free survival after treatment with EGFR-TKI for adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Mar 2011
Nose Naohiro, Uramoto Hidetaka, Iwata Teruo, Hanagiri Takeshi, Yasumoto Kosei
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PURPOSE: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) demonstrates a dramatic clinical response for the lung adenocarcinoma patients harboring a somatic mutation of EGFR. Such EGFR mutations are frequently found in adenocarcinoma with a strong expression of estrogen receptor (ER) beta, which has been shown to correlate with a favorable prognosis for the patients with EGFR...
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