A first case report of clinical response to targeted therapy in a patient with primary myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung harboring EGFR exon 19 deletion

A first case report of clinical response to targeted therapy in a patient with primary myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung harboring EGFR exon 19 deletion

Abstract Background Primary myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung is a rare subtype in lung cancer. Comprehensive molecular profiling of myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung is absent, neither was clinical evidence of targeted therapy available for this disease. Therefore, the optimal treatment regimen...

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Main Authors: Xiaohong Xie, Xinqing Lin, Ming Liu, Yinyin Qin, Ming Ouyang, Shiyue Li, Yingying Gu, Shuyin Chen, Jianxing Xiang, Chengzhi Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
Subjects:
Lung
Myoepithelial carcinoma
Salivary gland type tumor
EGFR 19del
Icotinib
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-020-00986-0

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