Positive high-level results from the ADAURA phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, a key secondary endpoint, compared to placebo in the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage (1B, 2 and 3a) epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer after complete tumor resection with curative intent.
As a radiation oncologist, I am struck by how often the decisive variable in lung cancer is not the sophistication of our therapy, but the timing of our encounter with the disease. The American Cancer Society projects 618,120 cancer deaths in the United States in 2025, with lung cancer remaining as the single largest contributor,...
