Summary

The subgroup of patients with the EGFR-activating mutation in exon 19 or 21 appeared to have a favorable trend for dacomitinib vs erlotinib in progression-free survival. Afatinib was favored over erlotinib for second-line treatment of advanced squamous cell carcinoma in terms of progression-free survival, overall response rate, and disease control rate.

  • dacomitinib
  • erlotinib
  • afatinib
  • tyrosine kinase inhibitor
  • non–small cell lung cancer
  • progression-free survival
  • ARCHER 1009
  • LUX-8 Lung
  • drug therapy
  • EGFR
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • oncology clinical trials
  • head & neck cancers
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