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Chronic nicotine exposure mediates resistance to EGFR-TKI in EGFR-mutated lung cancer via an EGFR signal.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Apr 2015
Togashi Yosuke, Hayashi Hidetoshi, Okamoto Kunio, Fumita Soichi, Terashima Masato, de Velasco Marco A, Sakai Kazuko, Fujita Yoshihiko, Tomida Shuta, Nakagawa Kazuhiko, Nishio Kazuto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Some of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring somatic activating mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR mutations) show poor responses to EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) treatment. Cigarette smoking is the strongest documented risk factor for the development of lung cancer. Nicotine, while not carcinogenic by itself, has been shown to induce...
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