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British Medical Bulletin 47:87-98 (1991)
© 1991 The British Council
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Prevalence of aberrant expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor in human cancers
ICRF Oncology Group, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital London
Abstract
This chapter reviews briefly the prevalence of overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor in human cancers. In addition, it examines the mechanisms responsible for increased expression and its clinical significance.