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Makoto Maemondo

Researcher at Iwate Medical University

Publications -  178
Citations -  12919

Makoto Maemondo is an academic researcher from Iwate Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung cancer & Gefitinib. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 160 publications receiving 11386 citations. Previous affiliations of Makoto Maemondo include Osaka University & Tohoku University.

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Prospective phase II study of gefitinib for chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations.

TL;DR: Treatment with gefitinib alone for chemotherapy-naïve NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations could achieve a high efficacy with acceptable toxicity, and a subsequent randomized trial comparing gefITinib with standard chemotherapy is warranted.