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Hepatic metastasis is a poor predictive marker for erlotinib in lung adenocarcinoma.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Sept 2016
He Yayi, Wang Yan, Zhang Shijia, Ren Shengxiang, Li Jiayu, Zhou Caicun
Abstract excerpt
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death worldwide and most of lung cancer patients have had metastases when they are diagnosed. With respect to chemotherapy, target therapy is a more effective and less toxic treatments. The epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), such as gefitinib or erlotinib, are one of the representatives of targeted therapy which have been...
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