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New strategies in overcoming acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2011
Oxnard Geoffrey R, Arcila Maria E, Chmielecki Juliann, Ladanyi Marc, Miller Vincent A, Pao William
Abstract excerpt
The management of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has been transformed by the observation that lung adenocarcinomas harboring mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are uniquely sensitive to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). In these patients, acquired resistance to EGFR-TKI develops after a median of 10 to 14 months, at which time the current standard practice is to switch to...
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