The emerging role of biomarkers in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Socinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Cetuximab; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Erlotinib; FISH; Gefitinib

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BEVACIZUMAB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TARGETING; ETHNICITY; EXON; FISH; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952509297     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2010.n.019     Document Type: Review

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