Tagrisso (osimertinib) has received acceptance for its supplemental New Drug Application and has also been granted Priority Review by FDA for the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage (IB, II and IIIA) epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer after complete tumor resection with curative intent.
How’s this for a paradox: The better cancer centers become at keeping patients alive, the more expensive cancer care becomes. This brutal tradeoff hits harder in rural areas, where the cancer burden is higher and the investigator and clinical trial representation is lower.
