LUX-Lung 6: A randomized, open-label, phase III study of afatinib (A) vs gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) as first-line treatment for Asian patients (pts) with EGFR mutation-positive (EGFR M+) advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung

Y. L. Wu, C. Zhou, C. P. Hu, J. Feng, S. Lu, Y. Huang, W. Li, M. Hou, J. H. Shi, K. Y. Lee, D. Massey, Y. Shi, J. J. Chen, V. Zazulina, S. L. Geater (Guangzhou, Shanghai, Changsha, Nanjing, Kunming, Changchun, Chengdu, Linyi, China; Seoul, Republic Of Korea; Bracknell, United Kingdom; Songkhla, Thailand)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Advances in the therapy of lung cancer
Session: Advances in the therapy of lung cancer
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 371
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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