Histologic Transformation from Adenocarcinoma to Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Mechanism of Resistance to EGFR Inhibition

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages e86-e88

  Levin, Pavel A ^a   Mayer, Melissa ^b   Hoskin, Sharon ^b   Sailors, Joseph ^a   Oliver, Dwight H ^a   Gerber, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; PEMETREXED;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; THORAX PAIN; ADENOCARCINOMA; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-1; HUMANS;

EID: 84940108419     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000571     Document Type: Article

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