Adjuvant therapy ‘cuts risk of brain metastases’ in NSCLC

Osimertinib is a practice-changing treatment for certain patients with completely resected EGFR-mutated disease, author says
Medicom Staff writer

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In people with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have a mutated epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR), adjuvant osimertinib reduces the risk of a brain metastasis within 18 months to below 1%, trial results show.