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Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor following complete surgical resection in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy - 1 Jan 2000
Shaverdashvili Khvaramze, Burns Timothy F
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INTRODUCTION: Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are one of the most common targetable oncogenic drivers of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Osimertinib is a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) that selectively inhibits EGFR-TKI sensitizing (ex19del or L858R) and T790M mutations and has superior CNS penetration. Osimertinib is approved in EGFR mutant...
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