Therapeutic Response

EGFR oncogenic variants status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Afatinib in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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Source and description
Giotrif (afatinib) [product monograph]. HC. Health Canada approved afatinib for the treatment of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor naïve patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with activating EGFR mutation(s).