Antacid Use and De Novo Brain Metastases in Patients with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Were Treated Using First-Line First-Generation Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.

Antacid treatments decrease the serum concentrations of first-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), although it is unknown whether antacids affect clinical outcomes. As cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of TKIs are much lower than serum concentrations...

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Main Authors: Yu-Mu Chen, Chien-Hao Lai, Huang-Chih Chang, Tung-Ying Chao, Chia-Cheng Tseng, Wen-Feng Fang, Chin-Chou Wang, Yu-Hsiu Chung, Yi-Hsi Wang, Mao-Chang Su, Shih-Feng Liu, Kuo-Tung Huang, Hung-Chen Chen, Ya-Chun Chang, Meng-Chih Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4760710?pdf=render