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Tagrisso Selected for 23.7% of Japanese NSCLC Patients Whose Cancer Progressed on EGFR-TKIs: Observational Study

April 17, 2018
A multicenter prospective observational study found that Tagrisso (osimertinib) was administered to 23.7% of Japanese patients with T790M mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose cancer progressed during treatment with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), the Japan arm of AstraZeneca plc…

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