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Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition in lung cancer: status 2012.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Mar 2013
Hirsch Fred R, Jänne Pasi A, Eberhardt Wilfried E, Cappuzzo Federico, Thatcher Nick, Pirker Robert, Choy Hak, Kim Edward S, Paz-Ares Luis, Gandara David R, Wu Yi-Long, Ahn Myung-Ju, Mitsudomi Tetsuya, Shepherd Frances A, Mok Tony S
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths. Most patients present with advanced-stage disease, and the prognosis is generally poor. However, with the understanding of lung cancer biology, and development of molecular targeted agents, there have been improvements in treatment outcomes for selected subsets of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)...
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