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Tony Mok, MD, and Alice Shaw, MD, PhD: Expert Perspectives on ALK Inhibition and Brigatinib

2015 European Cancer Congress

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Tony Mok, MD, of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Alice Shaw, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discuss the current status and future outlook of ALK inhibition, and an assessment of brigatinib CNS activity in patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer and intracranial metastases (Abstract 3061).



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