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ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2020

The effectiveness of afatinib in patients with lung adenocarcinoma harboring complex epidermal growth factor receptor mutation.

Shang-Gin Wu, Chong-Jen Yu, James Chih-Hsin Yang, Jin-Yuan Shih

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Article in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. UncommonCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022
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  16. MonitoringFrontiers in oncology · 2023
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  18. ComplexJournal of thoracic disease · 2022
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  19. State-of-the-Art Molecular Oncology of Lung Cancer in Taiwan.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shang-Gin WuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
Chong-Jen YuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
James Chih-Hsin YangDepartment of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
Jin-Yuan ShihDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100.
National Taiwan University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) are effective against classical PATIENTS AND

methodsFrom 2005 to 2020, we collected lung adenocarcinoma tissue samples for

resultsAmong 2675 patients with

conclusionAfatinib is an effective first-line treatment for patients with lung adenocarcinoma harboring complex

Indexed as

afatinibcomplex mutationEGFR mutationlung adenocarcinomaprogression-free survival

Identifiers

PMID32843903
PMCPMC7418472
OpenAlexW3048656122

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