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EGFR Exon 19 Insertions: Do Patients Respond to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment?
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2025
Improta Giuseppina, Vita Giulia, Tartarone Alfredo, Calice Giovanni, Omer Ludmila Carmen, Zupa Angela
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 insertions are very rare mutations and their response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is uncertain. We report our experience concerning two patients, along with a literature review. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 1,046 non-small-cell lung cancer tumor tissue samples were screened for EGFR mutations, using direct sequencing or next-generation...
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