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Evidence-based best practices for EGFR T790M testing in lung cancer in Canada.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) - 1 Apr 2018
Stockley T, Souza C A, Cheema P K, Melosky B, Kamel-Reid S, Tsao M S, Spatz A, Karsan A
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor receptor (egfr) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tkis) are recommended as first-line systemic therapy for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) having mutations in the EGFR gene. Resistance to tkis eventually occurs in all nsclc patients treated with such drugs. In patients with resistance to tkis caused by the EGFR T790M mutation, the third-generation tki osimertinib is now the...
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