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Afatinib versus gefitinib in patients with EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: overall survival data from the phase IIb LUX-Lung 7 trial.

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In this article, the irreversible ErbB family blocker, afatinib, significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS), time-to-treatment failure (TTF) and objective response rate (ORR) versus gefitinib in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.
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This article is published in Annals of Oncology.The article was published on 2017-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 364 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Afatinib & Gefitinib.

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The biology and management of non-small cell lung cancer

TL;DR: Continued research into new drugs and combination therapies is required to expand the clinical benefit to a broader patient population and to improve outcomes in NSCLC.
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Mechanisms of acquired resistance to first- and second-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

TL;DR: A condensed overview of the literature on EGFR-mutant NSCLC is presented, paying particular attention to mechanisms of drug resistance, recent clinical trial results, and novel strategies for identifying and confronting drug resistance.
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The emerging treatment landscape of targeted therapy in non-small-cell lung cancer.

TL;DR: Recent literature is reviewed and analyzed, the targeting pathways and ongoing clinical trials in lung cancer are discussed, and optimal ways of combining targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy are discussed.
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Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial.

TL;DR: Erlotinib has been shown to improve progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy when given as first-line treatment for Asian patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating EGFR mutations as discussed by the authors.
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EGFR Mutation and Resistance of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the case of a patient with EGFR-mutant, gefitinib-responsive, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who had a relapse after two years of complete remission.
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