Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation frequency and non-small cell lung cancer management: Implication for treatment choices

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1349-

  De Mello, Ramon Andrade ^a,b   Araújo, António ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MUTATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84870435381     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(11)22     Document Type: Letter

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