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Afatinib Activity in Platinum-Refractory Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma in Patients With ERBB Alterations.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Jun 2016
Choudhury Noura J, Campanile Alexa, Antic Tatjana, Yap Kai Lee, Fitzpatrick Carrie A, Wade James L, Karrison Theodore, Stadler Walter M, Nakamura Yusuke, O'Donnell Peter H
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PURPOSE: Somatic mutations and copy number variation in the ERBB family are frequent in urothelial carcinoma (UC) and may represent viable therapeutic targets. We studied whether afatinib (an oral, irreversible inhibitor of the ErbB family) has activity in UC and if specific ERBB molecular alterations are associated with clinical response. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this phase II trial, patients with metastatic...
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