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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)-Mutated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

Connor O'Leary, Harry Gasper, Katherine B Sahin, Ming Tang, Arutha Kulasinghe, Mark N Adams, Derek J Richard, Ken J O'Byrne

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Connor O'LearyPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Harry GasperPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane 4000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0290-5762
Katherine B SahinSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Ming TangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1883-2679
Arutha KulasingheSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3224-7350
Mark N AdamsSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Derek J RichardSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Ken J O'ByrnePrincess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Translational Research Institute · AUPrincess Alexandra Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are the most common oncogenic drivers in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Significant developments have taken place which highlight the differences in tumor biology that exist between the mutant and wild-type subtypes of NSCLC. Patients with advanced EGFR-mutant NSCLC have a variety of EGFR-targeting agents available proven to treat their disease. This has led to superior patient outcomes when used as a monotherapy over traditional cytotoxic systemic therapy. Attempts at combining EGFR agents with other anticancer systemic treatment options, such as chemotherapy, antiangiogenic agents, and immunotherapy, have shown varied outcomes. Currently, no specific combination stands out to cause a shift away from the use of single-agent EGFR inhibitors in the first-line setting. Similarly, adjuvant EGFR inhibitors, are yet to significantly add to patient overall survival if used at earlier timepoints in the disease course. Liquid biopsy is an evolving technology with potential promise of being incorporated into the management paradigm of this disease. Data are emerging to suggest that this technique may be capable of identifying early resistance mechanisms and consequential disease progression on the basis of the analysis of blood-based circulating tumor cells.

Indexed as

circulating tumor cellsEGFRepidermal growth factor receptornon-small-cell lung cancertyrosine kinase inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID32992872
PMCPMC7600164
OpenAlexW3089013299

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