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Successful treatment of triple EGFR mutation T785A/L861Q/H297_E298 with afatinib.
Thoracic cancer - 1 Jul 2021
Longo Vito, Catino Annamaria, Montrone Michele, Pizzutilo Pamela, Pesola Francesco, Marech Ilaria, Capone Iolanda, Prelaj Arsela, Galetta Domenico
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Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and uncommon epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation are characterized by high heterogeneity, and globally considered to have a worse prognosis than patients with the two common mutations; exon 19 deletion, and exon 21 L858R. Nevertheless, some uncommon mutations do confer sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) which is comparable with common...
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