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The Frequency of EGFR Mutation in Lung Adenocarcinoma and the Efficacy of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy in a Hungarian Cohort of Patients.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Oct 2016
Sárosi Veronika, Balikó Zoltán, Smuk Gábor, László Terézia, Szabó Mariann, Ruzsics István, Mezősi Emese
Abstract excerpt
In the last decades new therapeutic drugs have been developed for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) significantly increase the progression free survival (PFS) of patients with NSCLC carrying epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. This type of lung cancer occurs mainly among non-smoking women and Asian origin. However, the new ESMO guideline...
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