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Osimertinib 160 mg daily for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with leptomeningeal metastasis: A case report.
Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology - 1 Oct 2019
Tsang Maverick Wai-Kong
Abstract excerpt
Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with leptomeningeal metastases (LM) is associated with a dismal prognosis of typically 3-9 months. In preclinical and clinical studies, the third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib has demonstrated activity in the central nervous system (CNS), and studies are ongoing. We report here a case of osimertinib used at...
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