|Videos|November 4, 2013

The Utility of Afatinib in Lung Cancer

Author(s)Tony S.K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCPC

Tony S.K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong, China, discusses the utility of afatinib in patients with lung cancer.

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Tony S.K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong, China, discusses the utility of afatinib in patients with lung cancer.

Results from the LUX-Lung 3 trial demonstrated benefit with afatinib compared with cisplatin/pemetrexed in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma withEGFRmutations
Afatinib is now available in the U.S.
How afatinib compares with other TKIs is still up for debate

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