High probability and frequency of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases

M Ge, Y Zhuang, X Zhou, R Huang, X Liang… - Journal of neuro …, 2017 - Springer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women worldwide. Brain
metastasis (BMs) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most important cause of …

Optimal sequence of local and EGFR-TKI therapy for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases stratified by number of brain metastases

E Miyawaki, H Kenmotsu, K Mori, H Harada… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose It is unclear whether local therapy (LT) or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) should take precedence for patients with EGFR-mutant non …

Brain metastases from lung cancer responding to erlotinib: the importance of EGFR mutation

R Porta, JM Sanchez-Torres, L Paz-Ares… - European …, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Median survival of patients with brain metastases from nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is
poor and more effective treatments are urgently needed. We have evaluated the efficacy of …

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are effective for leptomeningeal metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer patients with …

HG Yi, HJ Kim, YJ Kim, SW Han, DY Oh, SH Lee… - Lung cancer, 2009 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the beneficial effect of epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of leptomeningeal …

Afatinib in treatment-naive patients with EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma with brain metastasis: a case series

SH Li, MH Hsieh, YF Fang - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were previously
the standard first-line treatments for lung cancers with activating EGFR mutations. The first …

Management of brain metastases in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small-cell lung cancer

WJ Kelly, NJ Shah, DS Subramaniam - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer remains a leading cause of mortality with 1.69 million deaths worldwide.
Activating mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), predominantly exon 19 …

Treatment Strategies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Common EGFR Mutations: A Review of the History of EGFR TKIs Approval and Emerging Data

JA Marin-Acevedo, B Pellini, EMO Kimbrough, JK Hicks… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The management of non-small cell lung cancer with a common EGFR
mutation has evolved over the past decades. While frontline use of second-or third …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors of brain metastasis during the course of EGFR-TKIs therapy for patients with EGFR-mutated advanced lung adenocarcinoma

X Ma, H Zhu, H Guo, A Han, H Wang, W Jing, Y Zhang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Controversial value of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in NSCLC in terms of survival
benefit prompted us to explore the possible risk factors for brain metastasis (BM) during the …

[HTML][HTML] Brain MRI imaging characteristics predict treatment response and outcome in patients with de novo brain metastasis of EGFR-mutated NSCLC

CY Lin, CC Chang, PL Su, CC Lin, YL Tseng, WC Su… - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and de novo brain metastasis (BM) have
poor prognosis. We aim to investigate the characteristic of brain magnetic resonance (MR) …

Effect of EGFR-TKIs combined with craniocerebral radiotherapy on the prognosis of EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma patients with brain metastasis: A propensity …

G Deng, X Tan, Y Li, Y Zhang, Q Wang, J Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and Purpose Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant lung cancers are
associated with a high risk of developing brain metastases (BM). Craniocerebral …