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Hepatocyte growth factor induces resistance to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody in lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Feb 2012
Yamada Tadaaki, Takeuchi Shinji, Kita Kenji, Bando Hideaki, Nakamura Takahiro, Matsumoto Kunio, Yano Seiji
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INTRODUCTION: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an attractive drug target in lung cancer, with several anti-EGFR antibodies and small-molecule inhibitors showing efficacy in lung cancer patients. Patients, however, may develop resistance to EGFR inhibitors. We demonstrated previously that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) induced resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancers harboring EGFR...
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