Case Report: Afatinib Treatment in a Patient With NSCLC Harboring a Rare EGFR Exon 20 Mutation
Unlike most other primary epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), exon 20 insertions, comprising approximately 4% to 10% of all EGFR mutations, are generally considered to be resistant to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). However, EGFR exon 20 i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.593852/full |