Intercalating and maintenance gefitinib plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in selected advanced non-small cell lung cancer with unknown EGFR status

Abstract Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) are standard treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation. However, EGFR mutation testing is not attainable in approximately 20% of patients. T...

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Main Authors: Hong Jian, Wei Li, Zhiyong Ma, Jianjin Huang, Jifeng Feng, Yong Song, Beili Gao, Huili Zhu, Min Tao, Chong Bai, Shenglin Ma, Hongming Pan, Shukui Qin, Dong Hua, Yongfeng Yu, Shun Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08399-8