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Phase II study of pemetrexed and erlotinib in pretreated nonsquamous, non-small-cell lung cancer patients without an EGFR mutation.
Chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2013
Kim Young Hak, Nishimura Takashi, Ozasa Hiroaki, Nagai Hiroki, Sakamori Yuichi, Iwata Toshiyuki, Sunadome Hironobu, Nishimura Tomoko, Mishima Michiaki
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BACKGROUND: Preclinical data indicated that the combination of erlotinib and pemetrexed is synergistic when erlotinib is administered after pemetrexed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a phase II study of pemetrexed and erlotinib in patients with pretreated advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Chemotherapy consisted of pemetrexed (500...
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