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Intratumor heterogeneity and chemotherapy-induced changes in EGFR status in non-small cell lung cancer.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Feb 2012
Jakobsen Jan Nyrop, Sørensen Jens Benn
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INTRODUCTION: Biomarker expression is increasingly being used to customize treatment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The choice of systemic treatment usually depends on biomarker expression in the initial diagnostic biopsy taken before initiation of first-line treatment. Chemotherapy induces DNA damages in the tumor cells, and thus, biomarker expression in the tumor after systemic treatment might not be...
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