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Efficacy of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Poor Performance Status and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations: Findings from the Japanese Lung Cancer Registry Database.
Clinical lung cancer - 1 Jun 2024
Okuma Yusuke, Shintani Yasushi, Sekine Ikuo, Shukuya Takehito, Takayama Koichi, Inoue Akira, Okamoto Isamu, Kiura Katsuyuki, Yamamoto Nobuyuki, Kawaguchi Tomoya, Miyaoka Etsuo, Yoshino Ichiro, Date Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND: In advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, those with impaired performance status (PS) treated with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have demonstrated comparable activities to good-PS patients. Due to the limited sample size and inclusion of older adult patients with good PS, these findings may not accurately depict the...
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