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The impact of de novo liver metastasis on clinical outcome in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Chang Yu-Ping, Chen Yu-Mu, Lai Chien-Hao, Lin Chiung-Yu, Fang Wen-Feng, Huang Cherng-Hua, Li Shau-Hsuan, Chen Hung-Chen, Wang Chin-Chou, Lin Meng-Chih
Abstract excerpt
Liver metastasis has been found to affect outcome in prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, but its role in lung cancer is unclear. The current study aimed to evaluate the impact of de novo liver metastasis (DLM) on stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) outcomes and to examine whether tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) reverse poor prognosis in patients with DLM and epidermal growth factor receptor...
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