2006
Efficacy and safety of gefitinib in chemonaive patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated in an Expanded Access Program
Govindan R, Natale R, Wade J, Herbst R, Krebs A, Reiling R, Hensing T, Wozniak A, Belani CP, Kelly K, Ochs J. Efficacy and safety of gefitinib in chemonaive patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated in an Expanded Access Program. Lung Cancer 2006, 53: 331-337. PMID: 16797779, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.04.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerExpanded Access ProgramCell lung cancerLung cancerRecurrent advanced non-small cell lung cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinibNumerous clinical guidelinesSafety of gefitinibBest supportive careCommon adverse eventsPartial response ratePoor performance statusRetrospective chart reviewMajority of patientsTyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinibFavorable toxicity profileAccess programKinase inhibitor gefitinibPrevious chemotherapyStable diseaseSubsequent chemotherapyChemonaive patientsAdverse eventsChart reviewAsian Ethnicity as a Predictor of Response in Patients with Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Gefitinib on an Expanded Access Program
Thomas SK, Fossella FV, Liu D, Schaerer R, Tsao AS, Kies MS, Pisters KM, Blumenschein GR, Glisson BS, Lee JJ, Herbst RS, Zinner RG. Asian Ethnicity as a Predictor of Response in Patients with Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Gefitinib on an Expanded Access Program. Clinical Lung Cancer 2006, 7: 326-331. PMID: 16640804, DOI: 10.3816/clc.2006.n.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpanded Access ProgramCell lung cancerLung cancerAsian ethnicityD. Anderson Cancer CenterPartial response rateStable disease rateAdvanced-stage NSCLCPredictors of responseAccess programAnderson Cancer CenterEast Asian ethnicityChart reviewMedian survivalPartial responseIndependent predictorsMedian timeSmoking statusRetrospective studyCancer CenterPatientsResponse rateSurvival rateMultivariate analysisGefitinib
2005
Efficacy and safety of gefitinib in chemo-naive patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in an expanded access program (EAP)
Reiling R, Natale R, Wade J, Herbst R, Hensing T, Belani C, Kelly K, Ochs J, Govindan R, Wozniak A, Krebs A. Efficacy and safety of gefitinib in chemo-naive patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in an expanded access program (EAP). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 7094-7094. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.7094.Peer-Reviewed Original Research