Long-term survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients with EGFR inhibitor treatment
“Long-term survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients with EGFR inhibitor treatment”, vol. 13. pp. 8657-8660, 2014.
, The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib are effective in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the median survival of patients is short. Here, we describe 2 patients with NSCLC receiving conventional chemotherapy and alternative treatment with gefitinib or erlotinib as second-line therapy. The first patient was alive at 8 years with alternative conventional chemotherapy and gefitinib, and the second patient was alive at long-term follow-up with conventional chemotherapy and gefitinib or erlotinib.