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EGFR L858M/L861Q cis Mutations Confer Selective Sensitivity to Afatinib.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 May 2017
Saxon Jamie A, Sholl Lynette M, Jänne Pasi A
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INTRODUCTION: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been developed to treat patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancers. However, the therapeutic efficacy of TKIs in patients with uncommon EGFR mutations remains unclear. METHODS: Next-generation sequencing was performed on a patient's lung adenocarcinoma tumor sample, revealing rare combined in cis (on the same allele) EGFR mutations. Stable Ba/F3 and NIH-3T3 cell...
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