作者: Antonio Passaro , Enrico Cortesi , Filippo de Marinis
DOI: 10.1586/ERA.11.120
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摘要: After first-line chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), many patients remain candidates a second-line treatment. Docetaxel, pemetrexed and erlotinib are currently approved in the USA Europe as therapy NSCLC, while gefitinib is licensed Europe, but not USA, EGF receptor-mutated same setting. Results of registration trials these four agents show similar efficacy terms objective response rate survival, significantly different toxicity tolerability. Therefore, at time failure treatment, it crucial to evaluate clinical factors that could help choose treatment metastatic performance status comorbidities; new predictive biomarkers will be validated future trials. Considering prognostic factors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors valid option NSCLC.