The latest therapeutic strategies after resistance to first generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Meng ^a   Xie, Yiqun ^b   Ni, Songshi ^a   Liu, Hua ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Pulmonary Disease Rugao Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) resistance; Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Therapeutic strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015474745     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.03.60     Document Type: Review

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