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Comprehensive assessment of pretreatment sarcopenia impacts on patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC treated with afatinib.
Thoracic cancer - 1 Sept 2023
Wu Chen-Te, Hsu Ping-Chih, Chang John Wen-Cheng, Chang Ching-Fu, Huang Chen-Yang, Yang Cheng-Ta, Kuo Chih-Hsi Scott, Fang Yueh-Fu, Wu Chiao-En
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of afatinib in patients with sarcopenia, an important prognostic factor for treatment efficacy and toxicity in patients with cancer. METHODS: The clinical features of patients with advanced NSCLC treated with frontline afatinib between 2014 and 2018 at a medical center in Taiwan were retrospectively reviewed. Sarcopenia was...
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