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Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Eye Metastasis: Disease Relapse or a New Entity?

Lung cancer is still diagnosed during the advanced stage of the disease and most patients do not have the opportunity for surgical treatment, despite the new diagnostic equipment that has been made available in recent years, such as the radial and linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and electroma...

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Autores principales: ZAROGOULIDIS, Paul, LAMPAKI, Sofia, CHINELIS, Panos, LAZARIDIS, George, BAKA, Sofia, RAPTI, Aggeliki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation Ophthalmology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5346303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293661
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Sumario:Lung cancer is still diagnosed during the advanced stage of the disease and most patients do not have the opportunity for surgical treatment, despite the new diagnostic equipment that has been made available in recent years, such as the radial and linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and electromagnetic fiberoptic bronchoscopy. However, novel targeted therapies with second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy are available. In this commentary, we will focus on eye metastasis after initiation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors due to epidermal growth factor mutation of lung cancer adenocarcinoma.