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In vitro validation study of HER2 and HER4 mutations identified in an ad hoc secondary analysis of the LUX-Lung 8 randomized clinical trial.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Dec 2021
Hamada Akira, Suda Kenichi, Koga Takamasa, Fujino Toshio, Nishino Masaya, Ohara Shuta, Chiba Masato, Shimoji Masaki, Takemoto Toshiki, Soh Junichi, Uchida Tetsuro, Mitsudomi Tetsuya
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OBJECTIVES: The LUX-Lung 8 randomized trial (LL8) demonstrated a prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lung after treatment with afatinib compared with erlotinib. A secondary analysis of the LL8 reported that the presence of rare HER2/HER4 mutations may be partly responsible for this result. Patients with HER2 (hazard ratio [HR] 0.06/p-value...
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