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Risk factors of metachronous brain metastasis in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
BMC cancer - 28 Jul 2020
Ouyang Wen, Yu Jing, Zhou Yan, Hu Jing, Huang Zhao, Zhang Junhong, Xie Conghua
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BACKGROUND: NSCLC patients with EGFR mutation were at a higher incidence of developing brain metastasis (BM). Patients with BM are associated with high mortality. Reducing BM incidence becomes increasingly significant for NSCLC patients to achieve prolonged survival. The aim of the study was to explore the possible risk factors of developing metachronous BM during EGFR-TKIs treatment, and to identify the...
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