Article
[Molecular mechanisms of targeted drug resistance in lung cancer and its therapeutic strategy].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Aug 2015
Yano Seiji
Abstract excerpt
Several driver oncogenes, including EGFR mutations and ALK rearrangement, have been identified in lung cancer. The EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and ALK-TKIs show dramatic effects against lung cancer with EGFR activating mutations and ALK rearrangements, respectively. However, 20% of EGFR mutant lung cancer patients show intrinsic resistance, and the responders almost invariably acquire resistance to...
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