Egfr-targeted therapy for non-small cell lun cancer: Focus on EGFR oncogenic mutation

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-330

  Antonicelli, Alberto ^a,e   Cafarotti, Stefano ^b   Indini, Alice ^c   Galli, Alessio ^d   Russo, Andrea ^f   Cesario, Alfredo ^g   Lococo, Filippo Maria ^f   Russo, Patrizia ^g   Mainini, Alberto Franco ^e   Bonifati, Luca Giuseppe ^e   Nosotti, Mario ^a   Santambrogio, Luigi ^a   Margaritora, Stefano ^f,h   Granone, Pierluigi Maria ^f   Dutly, André Emanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e General Thoracic Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^h CFO Florence Cancer Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced; EGFR targeted therapy; Mutation; NSCLC; Resistance; TKIs

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DACOMITINIB; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; NERATINIB; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR GENE; EXON; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN DISEASE; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADVANCED; EGFR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; NSCLC; RESISTANCE.; TKIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84873725755     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4609     Document Type: Article

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