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Afatinib versus cisplatin-based chemotherapy for EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma (LUX-Lung 3 and LUX-Lung 6): analysis of overall survival data from two randomised, phase 3 trials.

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Lancet Oncol2015PMID 25589191stubpubmedProvenance
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CuratedShowing 1–1 of 1 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
EID983

In analysis of LUX-Lung 3 and LUX-Lung 6 trials (NCT00949650 and NCT01121393), of EGFR mutant NSCLC, median overall survival with afatinib treatment was seen to be significantly improved over chemothe… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 25589191 · Yang et al., 2015 · Open in CIViC

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