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Effect of dose adjustment on the safety and efficacy of afatinib for EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma: post hoc analyses of the randomized LUX-Lung 3 and 6 trials.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Nov 2016
Yang J C-H, Sequist L V, Zhou C, Schuler M, Geater S L, Mok T, Hu C-P, Yamamoto N, Feng J, O'Byrne K, Lu S, Hirsh V, Huang Y, Sebastian M, Okamoto I, Dickgreber N, Shah R, Märten A, Massey D, Wind S, Wu Y-L
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BACKGROUND: Afatinib 40 mg/day is approved for first-line treatment of EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the case of drug-related grade ≥3 or selected prolonged grade 2 adverse events (AEs), the dose can be reduced by 10 mg decrements to a minimum of 20 mg. Here, we ev...
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