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What adjuvant therapy would you offer following adjuvant chemotherapy for a patient with Stage III lung adenocarcinoma with an atypical EGFR mutation such as EGFR L861R?

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Medical Oncology · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center

Mutations at position 861 (most commonly L861Q) have been described, occurring in approximately 2% of all EGFR-mutant patients [Mitsudomi and Yatabe, PMID 19922469]. These mutations are considered partially sensitizing to afatinib based on a post-hoc analysis of LUX-Lung 2, LUX-Lung 3, and LUX-Lung ...

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