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Akira Inoue

Researcher at Tohoku University

Publications -  273
Citations -  14091

Akira Inoue is an academic researcher from Tohoku University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung cancer & Gefitinib. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 242 publications receiving 12528 citations. Previous affiliations of Akira Inoue include Nippon Medical School.

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Prospective phase II study of gefitinib for chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations.

TL;DR: Treatment with gefitinib alone for chemotherapy-naïve NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations could achieve a high efficacy with acceptable toxicity, and a subsequent randomized trial comparing gefITinib with standard chemotherapy is warranted.