Discovery and development of Iressa: The first in a new class of drugs targeted at the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2005, Pages 433-450

  Wakeling, A E ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Gefitinib; Iressa; NSCLC; ZD1839

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884491470     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26670-4_16     Document Type: Article

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