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SUBMITTER: Da L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015131 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer 20130301 3
An increasing number of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been treated with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs). However, significant differences in response to EGFR-TKIs have been shown among advanced NSCLC patients. Recently, selection of patients was mainly based on EGFR gene mutation detection. Nevertheless, mutation detection is often limited by tumour tissues derivation, technique complexity, high cost, and so on. It is urgen ...[more]