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Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study.

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Lancet Oncol2011PMID 21783417stubpubmedProvenance
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Sep 8, 2026
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ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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Sep 8, 2026
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TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
EGFR Mutation1
ErlotinibLung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADERPredictiveBSupports Sensitivity Response4accepted
EID7024

In this open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial at 22 centres in China, patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC who had exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R point mutation, and who had not received previous s… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 21783417 · Zhou et al., 2011 · Open in CIViC

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