Advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: Case report, literature review, and treatment recommendations

Cancer Control

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-73

  Kuykendall, Andrew ^a   Chiappori, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL; PEMETREXED; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EGFR GENE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 84890910248     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327481402100110     Document Type: Article

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