Article
Skeletal-related events in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients evaluated EGFR mutations.
Osaka city medical journal - 1 Jun 2013
Nagata Misato, Kudoh Shinzoh, Mitsuoka Shigeki, Suzumura Tomohiro, Umekawa Kanako, Tanaka Hidenori, Matsuura Kuniomi, Kimura Tatsuo, Yoshimura Naruo, Hirata Kazuto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The rate of lung cancer metastasis to the bone is high and skeletal-related events (SREs) decrease the quality of life in many patients. Recently, it was found that a subgroup of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have specific mutations in the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) gene. We assessed the SREs in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients that evaluated EGFR mutations in whom...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.