Epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in non- small cell lung cancers in a multiethnic Malaysian patient population

• Main Authors: Liam, Chong-Kin, Leow, Hwong-Ruey, How, Soon Hin, Pang, Yong-Kek, Chua, Keong-Tiong, Lim, Boon-Khaw, Lai, Nai-Lang, Kuan, Yeh-Chunn, Pailoor, Jayalakshmi, Rajadurai, Pathmanathan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: National Cancer Center, Korea 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37076/1/EMLAN_EGFR_mutations_in_NSCLC_in_Malaysian_patients_APJCP_2014.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37076/4/37076_Epidermal%20growth%20factor%20receptor_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37076/; http://www.apocpcontrol.org/; http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.1.321
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

In Malaysian patients with NSCLC, the EGFR mutation rate was similar to that in other Asian populations. EGFR mutations were significantly more common in female patients and in never smokers. Never smoking status was the only independent predictor for the presence of EGFR mutations.