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SUBMITTER: Tran PN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5310702 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tran Phu N PN Klempner Samuel J SJ
Lung Cancer (Auckland, N.Z.) 20160518
Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring activating mutations in <i>EGFR</i> benefit from treatment with EGFR small-molecule tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. However, the development of acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors is universal and limits treatment efficacy. Over half of patients receiving first-generation EGFR inhibitors (erlotinib and gefitinib) develop resistance via the gatekeeper <i>EGFR</i> T790M (<i>EGFR</i><sup>T790M</sup>) mutation, and therapies able to overcome ...[more]