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Tumor gene mutations and messenger RNA expression: correlation with clinical response to icotinib hydrochloride in non-small cell lung cancer.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Jan 2011
Ren Guan-Jun, Zhao Yuan-Yuan, Zhu Yu-Jia, Xiao Yi, Xu Jia-Sen, Shan Bin, Zhang Li
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Molecular targeted drugs is now widely used in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) clinical treatment. Icotinib hydrochloride is a new type of oral epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). In this study, we examined the role of EGFR, K-RAS, B-RAF somatic mutations and EGFR mRNA expression in tumor specimens from advanced NSCLC patients as predicators of the...
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