A marked response to icotinib in a patient with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma harboring an EGFR mutation: A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncology Letters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1792-1074,1792-1082
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3405