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Clinical outcome for EML4-ALK-positive patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer treated with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Nov 2012
Takeda M, Okamoto I, Sakai K, Kawakami H, Nishio K, Nakagawa K
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BACKGROUND: The EML4-ALK fusion oncogene represents a recently identified molecular target in a subset of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Limited data have been available, however, on the outcome of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with EML4-ALK-positive advanced NSCLC who have not been treated with an ALK kinase inhibitor. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The efficacy of platinum-based...
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