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First-line management of EGFR-mutated advanced lung adenocarcinoma: recent developments.
Drugs - 1 Mar 2013
Liao Bin-Chi, Lin Chia-Chi, Yang James Chih-Hsin
Abstract excerpt
Gefitinib and erlotinib are small-molecule reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Objective responses have been observed frequently in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harbouring activating EGFR mutations, the most common being deletions in exon 19 and the exon 21 L858R mutation. EGFR mutations are prevalent in female patients, those who have never...
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