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Moving towards molecular-guided treatments: erlotinib and clinical outcomes in non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Mar 2013
Santarpia Mariacarmela, De Pas Tommaso Martino, Altavilla Giuseppe, Spaggiari Lorenzo, Rosell Rafael
Abstract excerpt
Erlotinib is an orally administered small-molecule inhibitor of EGF receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase that is approved for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and pancreatic cancer. Erlotinib was first approved for the treatment of unselected NSCLC patients with advanced disease after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen, and it was subsequently demonstrated to also confer a...
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