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Erlotinib is effective in pancreatic cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: a randomized, open-label, prospective trial.
Oncotarget - 20 Jul 2015
Wang Jack P, Wu Chen-Yi, Yeh Yi-Cheng, Shyr Yi-Ming, Wu Ying-Ying, Kuo Chen-Yu, Hung Yi-Ping, Chen Ming-Huang, Lee Wei-Ping, Luo Jiing-Chyuan, Chao Yee, Li Chung-Pin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the efficacy of gemcitabine with or without erlotinib for pancreatic cancer, and to determine the predictive role of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and KRAS mutations in these patients. METHODS: This was a single-center, randomized, open-label, prospective trial. Eighty-eight chemotherapy-naïve metastatic pancreatic cancer patients were randomized for treatment with gemcitabine or...
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