Afatinib for the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring an epidermal growth factor receptor exon 18 E709_T710delinsD mutation: a case report

Abstract Background The discovery of epidermal growth factor receptor oncogenic driver mutations has changed the therapeutic landscape of advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the past decade. Since the introduction of next-generation sequencing, uncommon epidermal growth factor receptor mutations...

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Main Authors: Lander Van Acker, Dieter Stevens, Karim Vermaelen, Veerle Surmont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02994-0