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University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Lung adenocarcinoma affected by antitumor activity of gefitinib

Published in Physician Law Weekly, June 28th, 2006

Gefitinib exhibited antitumor activity in lung adenocarcinoma, showing objective response in never smokers and in patients with good performance status.

In a recent report published in the journal Respirology, researchers in Malaysia conducted a study "to describe the efficacy of monotherapy with the epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib in patients with locally advanced and metastatic primary lung adenocarcinoma. A retrospective analysis was undertaken of patients who had locally advanced or metastatic lung adenocarcinoma treated with gefitinib 250 mg orally once daily until disease progression. All patients had either been...

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