Chemotherapy combination boosts overall survival in patients with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

Published Date: 18 Oct 2025

In recent research, treatment with osimertinib plus a platinum–pemetrexed chemotherapy combination resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival in patients with newly diagnosed ...

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