Brain metastases from lung cancer responding to erlotinib: the importance of EGFR mutation

Porta R., Sánchez-Torres J.M., Paz-Ares L., Massutí B., Reguart N., Mayo C., Lianes P., Queralt C., Guillem V., Salinas P., Catot S., Isla D., Pradas A., Gúrpide A., de Castro J., Polo E., Puig T., Tarón M., Colomer R., Rosell R.

Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 624-631
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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