Article
Clinical impact of switching to a second EGFR-TKI after a severe AE related to a first EGFR-TKI in EGFR-mutated NSCLC.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Jun 2012
Takeda Masayuki, Okamoto Isamu, Tsurutani Junji, Oiso Naoki, Kawada Akira, Nakagawa Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene are associated with a therapeutic response to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as gefitinib and erlotinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Although the safety profile of these dru...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
- Disease Progression
- Disease-Free Survival
- ErbB Receptors
- Erlotinib Hydrochloride
- Female
- Gefitinib
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors
