Clinical and testing protocols for the analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in East Asian patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A combined clinical-molecular pathological approach

• Main Authors: Manuel Salto-Tellez, Ming Sound Tsao, Jin Yuan Shih, Sumitra Thongprasert, Shun Lu, Gee Chen Chang, Joseph Siu Kie Au, Teh Ying Chou, Jong Seok Lee, Yuan Kai Shi, Ahmad Radzi, Jin Hyoung Kang, Sang We Kim, Soo Yong Tan, James Chih Hsin Yang
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=80053023140&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50312
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Several randomized phase III studies in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) confirmed the superior response rate and progression-free survival of using epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor as first-line therapy compared with chemotherapy in pati...