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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Lung Cancer: New Drugs, New Resistance Mechanisms, and Future Treatment Options.
Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) - 1 Jan 2000
Piotrowska Zofia, Sequist Lecia V
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations define a subset of non-small cell lung cancers that are sensitive to EGFR-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Treatment with EGFR TKIs improves outcomes for patients whose tumors harbor these mutations, but their efficacy is limited by the development of acquired resistance. The secondary gatekeeper mutation, T790M, is the most common resistance mechanism...
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