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[The mechanisms of resistance to EGFR-TKIs and challenges to overcome resistance in EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer].
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2012
Yamaoka Toshimitsu, Ohmori Tohru
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Somatic activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene were first identified in 2004 from tumor tissues of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and pulmonary adenocarcinoma cell lines. Although pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients harboring EGFR mutations have increased sensitivity to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), gefitinib and erlotinib, the primary and acquired resistant...
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