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Anaplastic lymphoma kinase translocation: a predictive biomarker of pemetrexed in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Sept 2011
Lee Jeong-Ok, Kim Tae Min, Lee Se-Hoon, Kim Dong-Wan, Kim Soyeon, Jeon Yoon-Kyung, Chung Doo Hyun, Kim Woo-Ho, Kim Young Tae, Yang Seok-Chul, Kim Young Whan, Heo Dae Seog, Bang Yung-Jue
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INTRODUCTION: This study compared the efficacy of pemetrexed in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive versus ALK-negative (epidermal growth factor receptor [EGFR] mutant or wild type [WT] for both ALK and EGFR) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: Patients with advanced NSCLC who received second-line pemetrexed and beyond between March 2007 and April 2010 were screened for EGFR mutations...
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