Intratumoral epiregulin is a marker of advanced disease in non-small cell lung cancer patients and confers invasive properties on EGFR-mutant cells.

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Published in Cancer Prev Res (Phila) on March 31, 2008

Authors

Jie Zhang1, Kentaro Iwanaga, Kuicheon C Choi, Marie Wislez, Maria Gabriela Raso, Wei Wei, Ignacio I Wistuba, Jonathan M Kurie

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.

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