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Abstract
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 urgent to seek other biological markers to predict efficacy of EGFR-TKIs. Many studies have founded that the EGFR gene polymorphisms are also associated with clinical outcome and prognosis in treatment of advanced NSCLC with EGFR-TKIs. Here, we presented a review discussing the correlation between EGFR gene polymorphisms and the efficacy of EGFR-TKIs in advanced NSCLC.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23514947 PMCID: PMC6015131 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.03.09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi ISSN: 1009-3419