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Overall survival in EGFR mutated non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with afatinib after EGFR TKI and resistant mechanisms upon disease progression.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
van der Wekken A J, Kuiper J L, Saber A, Terpstra M M, Wei J, Hiltermann T J N, Thunnissen E, Heideman D A M, Timens W, Schuuring E, Kok K, Smit E F, van den Berg A, Groen H J M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine survival in afatinib-treated patients after treatment with first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and to study resistance mechanisms in afatinib-resistant tumors. METHODS: Characteristics and survival of patients treated with afatinib after resistance to erlotinib or gefitinib in two large Dutch centers were collected. Whole exome sequencing (WES) and pathway analysis was...
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