CONTEXT: Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer are deemed incurable, but they may derive some benefit from systemic palliative chemotherapy. Recently, with the introduction of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonists such as gefitinib (Iressa®), an effective and less toxic option is now available for the treatment of such patients. OBJECTIVE: To assess the activity and toxicity of gefitinib in a group of Brazilian patients. TYPE OF STUDY: Prospective, open label, non-randomized and non-controlled. SETTING: Clínica de Oncologia e Hematologia (CLIOH), São Paulo, Brazil. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From June 2002 to April 2003 we treated five patients with metastatic previously-treated non-small cell lung cancer (median of t...
Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent a new treatment option for pa...
BACKGROUND: Evidence is scarce for the effectiveness of therapies for oesophageal cancer progressing...
International audienceHYPOTHESIS:: This study explored whether chemotherapy after first-line gefitin...
CONTEXT: Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer are deemed incurable, but they may deri...
Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth leading cause of cancer in Brazil. Despite the poor p...
Trabalho Final do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina apresentado à Faculdade de MedicinaIntrodução: A de...
Purpose: Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a short life expectancy; the...
BackgroundGefitinib, an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway, has single...
SummaryPatients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis and suffer ma...
BACKGROUND: Gefitinib (Iressa(TM), ZD1839) is an orally active, selective epidermal growth factor re...
Background Optimum management strategies for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCL...
Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent a new treatment option for pat...
Abstract: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) presents one of the greatest clinical challenges in onc...
Some subgroups of patients with advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are frequentl...
Background Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have no curative treatment opti...
Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent a new treatment option for pa...
BACKGROUND: Evidence is scarce for the effectiveness of therapies for oesophageal cancer progressing...
International audienceHYPOTHESIS:: This study explored whether chemotherapy after first-line gefitin...
CONTEXT: Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer are deemed incurable, but they may deri...
Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth leading cause of cancer in Brazil. Despite the poor p...
Trabalho Final do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina apresentado à Faculdade de MedicinaIntrodução: A de...
Purpose: Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a short life expectancy; the...
BackgroundGefitinib, an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway, has single...
SummaryPatients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a poor prognosis and suffer ma...
BACKGROUND: Gefitinib (Iressa(TM), ZD1839) is an orally active, selective epidermal growth factor re...
Background Optimum management strategies for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCL...
Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent a new treatment option for pat...
Abstract: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) presents one of the greatest clinical challenges in onc...
Some subgroups of patients with advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are frequentl...
Background Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have no curative treatment opti...
Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors represent a new treatment option for pa...
BACKGROUND: Evidence is scarce for the effectiveness of therapies for oesophageal cancer progressing...
International audienceHYPOTHESIS:: This study explored whether chemotherapy after first-line gefitin...