FGFR1 activation is an escape mechanism in human lung cancer cells resistant to afatinib, a pan-EGFR family kinase inhibitor

Most NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations benefit from treatment with EGFR-TKIs, but the clinical efficacy of EGFR-TKIs is limited by the appearance of drug resistance. Multiple kinase inhibitors of EGFR family proteins such as afatinib have been newly developed to overcome such drug resistance. We es...

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Main Authors: Azuma, Koichi, Kawahara, Akihiko, Sonoda, Kahori, Nakashima, Kazutaka, Tashiro, Kousuke, Watari, Kosuke, Izumi, Hiroto, Kage, Masayoshi, Kuwano, Michihiko, Ono, Mayumi, Hoshino, Tomoaki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Impact Journals LLC 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171601/