Abstract
Gefitinib is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor that was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Studies evaluating the expression of EGFR in hematopoietic precursors do not present unanimous results. Patients with synchronous NSCLC and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with gefitinib had r…