Lung Adenocarcinoma with Pulmonary Miliary Metastases and Complex Somatic Heterozygous EGFR Mutation

Lung Adenocarcinoma with Pulmonary Miliary Metastases and Complex Somatic Heterozygous EGFR Mutation

The pretreatment detection of an activating mutation of EGFR is now routinely performed in metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The therapeutic impact of such a detection is major, as patients with advanced NSCLC exhibiting a mutation of exon 19 or 21 will benefit from EGFR-tyr...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Schaller, Michèle Beau-Faller, Bertrand Mennecier, Benjamin Renaud-Picard, Noëlle Weingertner, Gilbert Massard, Elisabeth Quoix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
EGFR mutations
Lung miliary metastases
EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor primary resistance
Non-small cell lung cancer
Lung adenocarcinoma
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/369526

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