Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Looking back on the history of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in lung cancer
Abstract The discovery of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) represents a landmark achievement in biomedical science, laying the foundation for one of the most transformative success stories in oncology. From the early isolation of epidermal growth factor (EGF) by Stanley Cohen and colleagues to the cloning of EGFR and its identification as a receptor tyrosine kinase, these pioneering studies revealed its central role in cellular growth and proliferation and ultimately linked EGFR signalling to cancer. Ear …