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A case of resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy: small cell carcinoma transformation concomitant with plasma-genotyped T790M positivity.
Anti-cancer drugs - 1 Oct 2017
Xu Yanjun, Huang Zhiyu, Gong Lei, Fan Yun
Abstract excerpt
Although non-small-cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are responsive to EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, drug resistances are always inevitable. The secondary somatic EGFR threonine-methionine substitution at position 790 (T790M) mutation accounts for ∼50% of acquired resistance mechanisms. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) transformation is a relatively rare mechanism,...
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