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Efficacy of platinum combination chemotherapy after first-line gefitinib treatment in non-small cell lung cancer patients harboring sensitive EGFR mutations.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Sept 2015
Masuda T, Imai H, Kuwako T, Miura Y, Yoshino R, Kaira K, Shimizu K, Sunaga N, Tomizawa Y, Ishihara S, Mogi A, Hisada T, Minato K, Takise A, Saito R, Yamada M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Gefitinib is an effective first-line chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring sensitive EGFR mutations. However, whether second-line platinum combination chemotherapy after first-line gefitinib treatment shows similar effects to first-line platinum combination chemotherapy in these patients remains unclear. Therefore, we here aimed to investigate the efficacy of...
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