Impact of smoking history on the efficacy of gefitinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutations

S Igawa, J Sasaki, S Otani, M Ishihara, A Takakura… - Oncology, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Gefitinib treatment has come to be recognized as the standard therapy for
patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor …

Gefitinib therapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with or without testing for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations

JY Wu, JY Shih, KY Chen, CH Yang, CJ Yu, PC Yang - Medicine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Gefitinib is effective in treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially in
Asian patients in whom the prevalence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation …

Prospective phase II study of gefitinib for chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor gene …

A Inoue, T Suzuki, T Fukuhara, M Maemondo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy and the feasibility of gefitinib
for chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Efficacy of gefitinib for non‐adenocarcinoma non‐small‐cell lung cancer patients harboring epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: A pooled analysis of …

T Shukuya, T Takahashi, R Kaira, A Ono… - Cancer …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The efficacy of gefitinib for patients with non‐adenocarcinoma non‐small‐cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations is unclear, because …

Gefitinib as first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutation: Review of the evidence

C Gridelli, F De Marinis, M Di Maio, D Cortinovis… - Lung Cancer, 2011 - Elsevier
Gefitinib is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor
(EGFR). Since 2004, it was clear that a substantial proportion of non-small-cell lung cancers …

The gefitinib dose reduction on survival outcomes in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small cell lung cancer

SH Sim, B Keam, DW Kim, TM Kim, SH Lee… - Journal of cancer …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Gefitinib is safe for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but some
patients experience toxicities and require dose reduction. The purpose of this study was to …

Phase II prospective study of the efficacy of gefitinib for the treatment of stage III/IV non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations, irrespective of previous …

N Sunaga, Y Tomizawa, N Yanagitani, H Iijima, K Kaira… - Lung Cancer, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are associated
with increased sensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to gefitinib, an EGFR …

Comparison of the efficacy of gefitinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer according to the type of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation

S Igawa, M Kasajima, M Ishihara, M Kimura, Y Hiyoshi… - Oncology, 2014 - karger.com
Background: Exon 19 deletion and L858R point mutation of the epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) are the most commonly encountered EGFR mutations in non-small cell …

Tumor burden is predictive of survival in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer and with activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutations who receive gefitinib

JH Park, TM Kim, B Keam, YK Jeon, SH Lee, DW Kim… - Clinical lung cancer, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Although activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are
excellent predictors of gefitinib outcome in non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), most …

Combined Survival Analysis of Prospective Clinical Trials of Gefitinib for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations

S Morita, I Okamoto, K Kobayashi, K Yamazaki… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: Somatic mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are
associated with an increased response to gefitinib in patients with non–small cell lung …