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Twice weekly pulse and daily continuous-dose erlotinib as initial treatment for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung cancers and brain metastases.
Cancer - 1 Jan 2018
Arbour Kathryn C, Kris Mark G, Riely Gregory J, Ni Ai, Beal Kathryn, Daras Mariza, Hayes Sara A, Young Robert J, Rodriguez Christopher R, Ahn Linda, Pao William, Yu Helena A
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BACKGROUND: In a phase 1 study of pulse/continuous-dose erlotinib, no patient had disease progression in the central nervous system (CNS). This expansion cohort of the phase 1 study tested the same regimen in a cohort of individuals with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant lung cancers with untreated brain metastases. METHODS: Patients had not received EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors or radiation for...
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