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Ultra-Fast Amplicon-Based Next-Generation Sequencing in Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: September 8, 2023
Systemic therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer: major-developments of the last 5-years
Tanja Cufer1, Tanja Ovcaricek, Mary E R O'Brien
1University Clinic Golnik, Medical Oncology Unit, Golnik 36, 4204 Golnik, Slovenia. tanja.cufer@klinika-golnik.si
Abstract:
The standard palliative treatment for advanced stage NSCLC remains a platinum doublet but by tailoring chemotherapy according to tumour histology the results can be improved through using pemetrexed-containing schemas in non-squamous-cell disease. In addition, maintenance chemotherapy appears to be effective in patients achieving clinical benefit by induction therapy. Targeted therapy based on the presence of activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activating mutations or EML4-ALK gene rearrangement is becoming standard practice with high median survival rates, up to 30 months. There are still numerous other molecular targeted drugs in development. This review presents the most recent relevant progress in systemic anti-cancer therapy of advanced NSCLC in the past 5 years and delineates today's new treatment options.
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