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Establishment and Characterization of Three Afatinib-resistant Lung Adenocarcinoma PC-9 Cell Lines Developed with Increasing Doses of Afatinib
Published on: June 26, 2019
[EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in lung cancer management: sensitivity and resistance]
1Semmelweis Egyetem Pulmonológiai Klinika, Budapest, Hungary. drmoldvay@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Tailored therapy in lung cancer is one of the most exciting fields in translational research and also a nice example of fruitful collaboration between pulmonologists, clinical oncologists, pathologists and molecular biologists. This article, through a dialogue between a pathologist-clinician and a molecular biologist-pharmacologist, gives an overview about the most important questions on molecular targeted therapy in clinical practice, especially, EGFR-TKI treatment, EGFR activating mutations, as well as primary and acquired resistance.
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