Tag Archives: EGFR
Cetuximab Increases Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer with High EGFR Expression
Good news for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)! If you have NSCLC, you might like to ask your oncologist to check whether you have high expression of EGFR. Patients with high EGFR expression represented about 25 percent of people … Continue reading
Posted in Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Tagged Cetuximab, EGFR, Erbitux, FLEX trial, Non small cell lung cancer, NSCLC, Survival
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Gefitinib (Iressa) is better than Standard Therapy in Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations
Gefitinib (Iressa) is more effective than first-line therapy in improving survival without disease in patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. The current study was conducted in 230 patients from 43 centers in Japan, … Continue reading
Posted in Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Tagged carboplatin, EGFR, epidermal growth-factor receptor, gefitinib, Iressa, Lung Cancer, mutations, Non small cell lung cancer, paclitaxel, Survival
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