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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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- cancerLung Adenocarcinomacivic_curation1.00
- drugAfatinibcivic_curation1.00
- geneEGFRcivic_curation1.00
- variantEGFR Exon 19 Deletioncivic_curation1.00
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| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGFR Exon 19 Deletion1 | ||||||||
| Afatinib | Lung Adenocarcinoma | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | accepted | EID983In 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 | civic |