Background The OPTIMAL study was the first study to compare efficacy and tolerability of the
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) erlotinib, versus …

Background Activating mutations in EGFR are important markers of response to tyrosine
kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The OPTIMAL study …

7520 Background: The OPTIMAL study demonstrated significant superiority for E versus GC
in terms of progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate, tolerability and quality of …

Background The phase III, randomized, open-label ENSURE study (NCT01342965)
evaluated first-line erlotinib versus gemcitabine/cisplatin (GP) in patients from China …

Background Erlotinib has been shown to improve progression-free survival compared with
chemotherapy when given as first-line treatment for Asian patients with non-small-cell lung …

Abstract Objectives The JO25567 randomized Phase II study demonstrated a statistically
significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit with erlotinib plus bevacizumab compared …

Background With use of EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitor monotherapy for patients with
activating EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), median progression …

9007 Background: In JO25567 (Clinical trials registry number. JapicCTI-111390), EB
significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with NSCLC with …

7503 Background: EGFR tyrosine kinase activating mutations are present in 10-26% of
NSCLC tumors and are associated with increased response to gefitinib and erlotinib …

Introduction• Literature review‐Molecular biology of EGFR mutations‐Clinical characteristics
of NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations‐Genetic characteristics of EGFR‐mutated tumours …