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Dacomitinib as first-line treatment in patients with clinically or molecularly selected advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial.
The Lancet. Oncology - 1 Dec 2014
Jänne Pasi A, Ou Sai-Hong I, Kim Dong-Wan, Oxnard Geoffrey R, Martins Renato, Kris Mark G, Dunphy Frank, Nishio Makoto, O'Connell Joseph, Paweletz Cloud, Taylor Ian, Zhang Hui, Goldberg Zelanna, Mok Tony
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer generally have a progression-free survival of 9-13 months while being treated with the EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitors gefitinib or erlotinib. However, resistance inevitably develops, and more effective EGFR inhibitors are needed. Dacomitinib is a covalent pan-HER inhibitor that has shown clinical activity in patients previously treated with...
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