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Afatinib versus cisplatin plus gemcitabine for first-line treatment of Asian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring EGFR mutations (LUX-Lung 6): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial.

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Lancet Oncol2014PMID 24439929stubpubmedProvenance
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CuratedShowing 1–2 of 2 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
EGFR Exon 19 Deletion1
AfatinibLung AdenocarcinomaPredictiveBSupports Sensitivity Response4accepted
EID981

Afatinib is an irreversible covalent inhibitor of EGFR (second generation). This Phase III clinical trial (LUX-Lung 6; NCT01121393) was performed in Asian patients with EGFR mutant advanced NSCLC. 364… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 24439929 · Wu et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC

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EGFR L858R1
AfatinibLung AdenocarcinomaPredictiveBSupports Sensitivity Response4accepted
EID982

Afatinib is an irreversible covalent inhibitor of EGFR (second generation). This Phase III clinical trial (LUX-Lung 6; NCT01121393) was performed in Asian patients with EGFR mutant advanced NSCLC. 364… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 24439929 · Wu et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC

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