Surgical resection of advanced non-small cell lung cancer after a response to EGFR-TKI: presentation of two cases and a literature review

Surgical resection of advanced non-small cell lung cancer after a response to EGFR-TKI: presentation of two cases and a literature review

Abstract Background The usefulness of residual tumor resection after epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) treatment remains unclear. We describe two patients who underwent residual tumor resection after responding to EGFR-TKIs for advanced non-small cell lung cancer...

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Main Authors: Yoko Yamamoto, Ken Kodama, Tomohiro Maniwa, Masashi Takeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Non-small cell lung cancer
EGFR mutation
EGFR-TKI
Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0668-3

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