EGFR mutations in small-cell lung cancers in patients who have never smoked [18]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-215

  Zakowski, Maureen F ^a   Ladanyi, Marc ^a   Kris, Mark G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; ETOPOSIDE; GEFITINIB; MITOMYCIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VINBLASTINE;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-1; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 33745913034     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc053610     Document Type: Letter

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