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Heterogeneity in resistance mechanisms causes shorter duration of epidermal growth factor receptor kinase inhibitor treatment in lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jan 2016
Suda Kenichi, Murakami Isao, Sakai Kazuko, Tomizawa Kenji, Mizuuchi Hiroshi, Sato Katsuaki, Nishio Kazuto, Mitsudomi Tetsuya
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OBJECTIVES: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are used as a first line therapy for metastatic lung cancer harboring somatic EGFR mutation. However, acquisition of resistance to these drugs is almost inevitable. T790M (threonine to methionine substitution at codon 790 of the EGFR gene) and MET amplification are well-known resistance mechanisms, and we previously demonstrated...
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