Article
Monitoring of treatment responses and clonal evolution of tumor cells by circulating tumor DNA of heterogeneous mutant EGFR genes in lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Apr 2016
Imamura Fumio, Uchida Junji, Kukita Yoji, Kumagai Toru, Nishino Kazumi, Inoue Takako, Kimura Madoka, Oba Shigeyuki, Kato Kikuya
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) have dramatic effects on EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, most patients experience disease recurrences, approximately half of which are T790M-mediated. Monitoring EGFR status with re-biopsy has spatiotemporal limitations. PATIENTS AND METHODS: EGFR circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in serial plasma samples was...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
