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Role of YES1 amplification in EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer: Primary resistance to afatinib in a patient.
Thoracic cancer - 1 Sept 2020
Tao Junyan, Sun Dantong, Hou Helei
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients benefit from EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), while some patients demonstrate a resistance to EGFR-TKIs. In the case reported here, the NSCLC patient harboring an EGFR-sensitive mutation and YES1 amplification was treated with afatinib as first-line therapy, but was found to have progressive disease four...
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