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Conversion from the "oncogene addiction" to "drug addiction" by intensive inhibition of the EGFR and MET in lung cancer with activating EGFR mutation.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2012
Suda Kenichi, Tomizawa Kenji, Osada Hirotaka, Maehara Yoshihiko, Yatabe Yasushi, Sekido Yoshitaka, Mitsudomi Tetsuya
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Emergence of acquired resistance is virtually inevitable in patients with a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) treated with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Several novel TKIs that may prevent or overcome the resistance mechanisms are now under clinical development. However, it is unknown how tumor cells will respond to intensive treatment using these novel TKIs. We previously...
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