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ReviewDiscover oncology2025

The role of PD-L1 in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Wentao Gao, Lingling Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Lucheng Zhu

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Review in Discover oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wentao GaoHangzhou First People's Hospital, The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Lingling WangHangzhou First People's Hospital, The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yanyan ZhaoHangzhou First People's Hospital, The Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Lucheng ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Hangzhou Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, No. 34, Yanguan Lane, Hangzhou, 310002, People's Republic of China. zhulucheng1@outlook.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82373889Youth Science and Technology Innovation Training Project of Hangzhou Cancer Hospital HZCH2021QN01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. In China, nearly half of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients carry epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) have significantly improved the prognosis for patients with EGFR mutations and are considered the preferred treatment for these individuals. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression levels are now widely used as a biomarker to predict the effectiveness of PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy in NSCLC. Additionally, the impact of PD-L1 expression on the efficacy of EGFR-TKIs has garnered considerable attention from researchers. This review explores recent studies on the epidemiology and clinical outcomes associated with PD-L1 in NSCLC patients harboring driver gene mutations.

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Molecular targeted therapyNon-small cell lung carcinomaPD-L1

Identifiers

PMID40072720
PMCPMC11904073

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