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ReviewCancer science2025

Persist or resist: Immune checkpoint inhibitors in EGFR-mutated NSCLC.

Pengcheng Zhu, Zhitong Li, Yuxiang Sun, Tongyan Liu, Rong Yin

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Review in Cancer science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Pengcheng ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.
Zhitong LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.
Yuxiang SunDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.
Tongyan LiuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.
Rong YinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-4251

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073235National Natural Science Foundation of China 82372709Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20221419Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province grant BK20211550
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), especially third-generation TKIs, have significantly improved the progression-free survival and overall survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with EGFR mutation, TKI resistance is inevitable for most patients. Over the past few years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have significantly improved the survival for EGFR-wild type NSCLC patients. However, no significantly improved benefits were observed with ICI monotherapy in EGFR-mutated patients. EGFR-mutated NSCLC shows more heterogeneity in tumor mutational burden (TMB), programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), and immune microenvironment characteristics. Whether ICIs are suitable for EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients remains to be elucidated. In this review, we summarized clinical trials of ICIs or combined therapy in EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients. We further discussed the factors determining the efficacy of ICIs in EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients, the mutation subtypes and microenvironment characteristics of potential responders. More importantly, we provided insights into areas worth further investigation in the future.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDrug Resistance, NeoplasmImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLung NeoplasmsB7-H1 AntigenErbB ReceptorsHumansMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProtein Kinase InhibitorsEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)tumor immunology

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PMID39673162
PMCPMC11875763

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