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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Gao X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4940973 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Xin X Le Xiuning X Costa Daniel B DB
Expert review of anticancer therapy 20160321 4
First- and second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the evidence-based first-line treatment for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) that harbor sensitizing EGFR mutations (i.e. exon 19 deletions or L858R). However, acquired resistance to EGFR TKI monotherapy occurs invariably within a median time frame of one year. The most common form of biological resistance is through the selection of tumor clones harboring the EGFR T790M muta ...[more]