Therapeutic Response Statement (Sensitivity)
This therapeutic response statement supports the relationship that EGFR Exon 19 (Deletion) status confers therapeutic sensitivity to Osimertinib in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
This statement is based on a regulatory approval from the Health Canada:
TAGRISSO (osimertinib) is indicated as adjuvant therapy after tumour resection in patients with stage IB-IIIA1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations.