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EGFR Mutations and Resistance to Irreversible Pyrimidine-Based EGFR Inhibitors.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Sept 2015
Ercan Dalia, Choi Hwan Geun, Yun Cai-Hong, Capelletti Marzia, Xie Ting, Eck Michael J, Gray Nathanael S, Jänne Pasi A
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PURPOSE: Mutant selective irreversible pyrimidine-based EGFR kinase inhibitors, including WZ4002, CO-1686, and AZD9291, are effective in preclinical models and in lung cancer patients harboring the EGFR T790M gefitinib/erlotinib resistance mutation. However, little is known about how cancers develop acquired resistance to this class of EGFR inhibitors. We sought to identify and study EGFR mutations that confer...
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