[New therapeutic strategies to the advanced non small cell lung cancer]

Recenti Prog Med. 2008 Jan;99(1):1-9.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Lung cancer is an elevated mortality disease in spite of conventional therapy. Today it is possible to identify some molecules, as the epidermal growth factor receptor, involved in the earliest molecular alterations ofcancerogenesis. Here we show the inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor as a therapeutic mean.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging