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  P2.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 207)

  • Event: WCLC 2015
  • Type: Poster
  • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 9/08/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)

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    P2.01-014 - EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and Chemotherapy in EGFR Mutation-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 2378)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): M. Kimura
    • Abstract
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    Background:
    Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are recommended in the first-line setting for patients with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it remains unclear whether frontline EGFR TKIs are better strategy than first-line chemotherapy in EGFR-mutant patients. Generally, EGFR-TKIs had no significant benefits in overall survival (OS) compared with chemotherapy in both first-line and second-line setting. This retrospective study compared survival benefits in patients treated with post-TKI chemotherapy and first-line chemotherapy controls.
    
    Methods:
    This retrospective study included 442 EGFR-mutant patients in our institute. We examined EGFR gene status from 2007 to 2015. The patients treated from 1999 to 2015. The study group contained 173 patients treated with first-line EGFR-TKI and the control group contained 109 patients who received EGFR-TKI after first-line chemotherapy. The overall survival (OS) was assessed.
    
    Results:
    There was no significant difference between first-line chemotherapy and EGFR-TKI in OS for patients with mutation-positive NSCLC (median OS; 43 vs. 38 months, P = 1.645). There was substantial difference in OS between patients with postoperative recurrence and those with III/IV stage disease. Among patients with III/IV stage NSCLC, median OS was 40.8 months in first-line chemotherapy group, 30.5 months in chemotherapy after frontline EGFR-TKI group and 21.1 months in only EGFR-TKI group.
    
    Conclusion:
    In EGFR-mutant patients, both EGFR-TKI and chemotherapy improve the survival. Among patients with advanced NSCLC, EGFR-TKI after first-line chemotherapy may improve survival than frontline EGFR-TKI. These findings need to be validated in further randomized trials.
    
    

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