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Erlotinib plus bevacizumab as an effective treatment for leptomeningeal metastases from EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Sept 2016
Sakata Yoshihiko, Kawamura Kodai, Shingu Naoki, Ichikado Kazuya
Abstract excerpt
Leptomeningeal metastasis is a severe complication of non-small cell lung cancer. Its prognosis is very poor and conventional treatments have limited efficacy. However, epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors have exhibited high response rates in EGFR mutation-positive lung cancer patients with central nervous system metastases. It has been postulated that this could be due to the penetration...
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