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The applicability of a predictive index for second- and third-line treatment of unselected non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 1 Jan 2011
Wojas-Krawczyk Kamila, Krawczyk Paweł, Mlak Radosław, Kucharczyk Tomasz, Kowalski Dariusz M, Krzakowski Maciej, Milanowski Janusz
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BACKGROUND: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors of EGFR (TKI-EGFR) induced response in only 10% of Caucasian non-small-cell lung cancer patients in second- or third-line treatment. Independent predictive factors for qualification to TKI-EGFR treatment have not been assessed. In 2008, a prognostic index wa...
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