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Correlation between efficacy of the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor and serum tumor markers in lung adenocarcinoma patients.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2014
Pan Jin Bing, Hou Yu Hong, Zhang Guo Jun
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BACKGROUND: The mutation at epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a clinical predictor of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level was regarded as a predictive factor for the EGFR-TKI efficacy. Are there any other serum markers? This study analysed the correlation between the EGFR-TKI treatment effect and...
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