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Feasibility of re-biopsy and EGFR mutation analysis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Thoracic cancer - 1 Jul 2018
Kim Tae-Ok, Oh In-Jae, Kho Bo Gun, Park Ha Young, Chang Jin Sun, Park Cheol-Kyu, Shin Hong-Joon, Lim Jung-Hwan, Kwon Yong-Soo, Kim Yu-Il, Lim Sung-Chul, Kim Young-Chul, Choi Yoo-Duk
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In cases of EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) failure, re-biopsy may be useful to understand resistance mechanisms and guide further treatment decisions. However, performing re-biopsy is challenging because of several hurdles. We assessed the feasibility of re-biopsy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in real-world clinical practice. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the...
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