EGFR biomarkers predict benefit from vandetanib in combination with docetaxel in a randomized phase III study of second-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Heymach JV, Lockwood SJ, Herbst RS, Johnson BE, Ryan AJ. EGFR biomarkers predict benefit from vandetanib in combination with docetaxel in a randomized phase III study of second-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2014, 25: 1941-1948. PMID: 25057173, PMCID: PMC4176452, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerSecond-line treatmentProgression-free survivalAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerRandomized phase III studyPhase III studyCell lung cancerMutation-positive tumorsEGFR mutationsIII studyTumor samplesClinical benefitLung cancerSecond-line non-small cell lung cancerEGFR FISH-positive tumorsEGFR mutation-positive tumorsEpidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutationsObjective response rateRelative clinical benefitFirst-line chemotherapyObjective tumor responseProtein expressionOverall study populationGene mutationsPretreatment tumor samples