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- noun A
drug , used in thetreatment of certain types ofcancer , that acts in a similar way toerlotinib byselectively targeting themutant proteins inmalignant cells .
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Giving women with early breast cancer a drug called gefitinib (Iressa) before surgery could reduce t ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Specifically, we show that responsiveness to alternative HER-targeted inhibitors, such as gefitinib and cetuximab, is dramatically potentiated by long-term trastuzumab treatment of ovarian cancer cells.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Jason Wilken 2010
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Emerging evidence indicates that cMET inhibition may be useful in the treatment of certain cancers, including gastric and kidney cancer [2], and may help to overcome resistance to some targeted therapies, such as gefitinib in non-small cell lung cancer [3].
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Emerging evidence indicates that cMET inhibition may be useful in the treatment of certain cancers, including gastric and kidney cancer [2], and may help to overcome resistance to some targeted therapies, such as gefitinib in non-small cell lung cancer [3].
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