Clinical and comparative utility of afatinib in non-small cell lung cancer

Biologics: Targets and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-192

  D'Arcangelo, Manolo ^a   Hirsch, Fred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Afatinib; EGFR; NSCLC; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; LOPERAMIDE; PLACEBO; SUNSCREEN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR GENE; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARONYCHIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VOMITING; XEROSIS;

EID: 84899647744     PISSN: 11775475     EISSN: 11775491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/BTT.S40567     Document Type: Review

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