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Abstract
In this issue of Cancer Cell, Liao et al. identify TROP2 as an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor-induced vulnerability in drug-tolerant persister lung cancer cells. They show that anti-TROP2 antibody-drug conjugates target this residual population, supporting an "induce-target-kill" strategy to delay resistance and extend the benefit of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition.
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