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Thoracoscopic rebiopsy to detect the T790M mutation after postoperative recurrence.
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery - 1 Oct 2018
Hamaji Masatsugu, Motoyama Hideki, Menju Toshi, Chen-Yoshikawa Toyofumi-Fengshi, Sonobe Makoto, Kim Young Hak, Date Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
After pulmonary resection for non-small-cell lung cancer, some patients with postoperative recurrence and mutated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) subsequently receive EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). Osimertinib may be efficacious if those patients become resistant to the 1st-line EGFR-TKI because of the T790M mutation. We recently performed thoracoscopic rebiopsy to detect the T790M mutation...
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