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The clinical features of squamous cell lung carcinoma with sensitive EGFR mutations.
International journal of clinical oncology - 1 Jun 2018
Taniguchi Yuri, Matsumoto Yoko, Furukawa Ryutaro, Ohara Sayaka, Usui Kazuhiro
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BACKGROUND: The process of selecting patients on the basis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations would likely result in a patient population with greater sensitivity to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). However, EGFR mutation status is not routinely examined in patients with squamous cell lung cancer (Sq) because of the low incidence of EGFR mutations and the poor clinical response to...
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