Gefitinib (Iressa®) in metastatic patients with non-small cell lung cancer: preliminary experience in a Brazilian center
CONTEXT: Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer are deemed incurable, but they may derive some benefit from systemic palliative chemotherapy. Recently, with the introduction of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonists such as gefitinib (Iressa®), an effective and less toxic o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802004000300010&lng=en&tlng=en |