Treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Chinese patients: focus on icotinib
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Treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Chinese patients: focus on icotinib
Icotinib hydrochloride is an orally administered small-molecule reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has been independently researched and developed and has independent intellectual property rights in the People's Republic of China. Clinical trials have demonstrated that the response to icotinib among advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who received at least one platinum-b...
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عنوان ژورنال: OncoTargets and Therapy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1178-6930
DOI: 10.2147/ott.s49233