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Cancer of unknown primary with EGFR mutation successfully treated with targeted therapy directed by clinical next-generation sequencing: a case report.
BMC cancer - 2 Dec 2020
Mitani Yosuke, Kanai Masashi, Kou Tadayuki, Kataoka Shigeki, Doi Keitaro, Matsubara Junichi, Ohashi Shinya, Matsumoto Shigemi, Muto Manabu
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BACKGROUND: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is usually treated with nonselective and empirical chemotherapy; however, its prognosis is generally poor, with a median survival of less than a year. Thus, clinicians eagerly await the development of more effective treatment strategies. In recent years, advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have made it possible to analyze comprehensively the genome of...
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