Aim: Osimertinib is a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved for patients with EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer as first-line treatment. However, treatment resistance inevitably emerges and may present as oligo-progressive disease (OPD) or systemic progressive disease (SPD). The incidence of OPD on first-line osimertinib is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvanced triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive, but initially chemo-sensitive disease. The prognosis is poor and more than three quarters of patients experience progression 12 months after the initiation of conventional first-line chemotherapy. Approximately two thirds of TNBC express epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (EGFR).
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