Article
Clinical approaches to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer and epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor acquired resistance.
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease - 1 Oct 2015
Tartarone Alfredo, Lerose Rosa
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutations (EGFR Mut+) has determined a paradigm shift in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In several phase III studies, patients with NSCLC EGFR Mut+ achieved a significantly better progression-free survival when treated with a first- (gefitinib, erlotinib) or second-generation (afatinib) EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) compared...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
