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A prospective, multicentre phase II trial of low-dose erlotinib in non-small cell lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations pretreated with chemotherapy: Thoracic Oncology Research Group 0911.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Sept 2015
Yamada Kazuhiko, Aono Hiromi, Hosomi Yukio, Okamoto Hiroaki, Kato Terufumi, Komase Yuko, Nishikawa Masanori, Azuma Koichi, Takeoka Hiroaki, Okuma Yusuke, Nakahara Yoshiro, Sato Akira, Oba Mari S, Morita Satoshi, Kunitoh Hideo, Watanabe Koshiro
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BACKGROUND: Low-dose erlotinib may be as effective as gefitinib or erlotinib at full dose in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with activating mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. METHODS: Patients with chemotherapy pretreated NSCLC harbouring EGFR mutations received erlotinib at 50 mg/d until disease progression or unacceptable toxicities. The dose was escalated to 150 mg/d in...
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