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Prognostic Significance of NSCLC and Response to EGFR-TKIs of EGFR-Mutated NSCLC Based on PD-L1 Expression.
Anticancer research - 1 Feb 2018
Kobayashi Kenichi, Seike Masahiro, Zou Fenfei, Noro Rintaro, Chiba Mika, Ishikawa Arimi, Kunugi Shinobu, Kubota Kaoru, Gemma Akihiko
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Recent clinical trials have shown that immune checkpoint blockades that target either PD-1 or PD-L1 yield remarkable responses in a subgroup of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively examined, by immunohistochemical analysis, 211 NSCLC samples. Using 32 independent samples, we also evaluated PD-L1 expression in NSCLC patients with EGFR gene...
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