Osimertinib in EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer

To the Editor: Mok et al. (Feb. 16 issue)1 report on the use of osimertinib in patients in the AURA3 trial who had lung cancer and a p.Thr790Met point mutation (T790M) in the gene encoding epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). In their article, the descriptions of pulmonary toxic effects are confusing because of a mixed use of terms, including interstitial lung disease, interstitial lung disease-like adverse events, and pneumonitis..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:376

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 376(2017), 20, Seite 1992

Sprache:

Englisch

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BKL:

44.60

44.00

Themen:

Cancer therapies
Epidermal growth factor receptors
Inhibitor drugs
Lung
Lung cancer

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1995099767