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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Christopher Coldren
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4342 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Molecular cancer research : MCR 20060801 8
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) produce objective responses in a minority of patients with advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and about half of all treated patients progress within 6 weeks of instituting therapy. Because the target of these agents is known, it should be possible to develop biological predictors of response, but EGFR protein levels have not been proven useful as a predictor of TKI response in patients and the mechani ...[more]