Irreversible EGFR-TKIs: Dreaming perfection

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-49

  Landi, Lorenza ^a   Cappuzzo, Federico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO TOSCANO TUMORI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired resistance; Afatinib; Dacomitinib; EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor); Neratnib; NSCLC (non small cell lung cancer)

Indexed keywords

AFATINIB; DACOMITINIB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; NERATINIB;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84900546256     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2012.12.05     Document Type: Review

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