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cancersCancer

EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer

aka EGFR-mutant lung cancer, EGFR-positive NSCLC, EGFR exon 19 deletion lung cancer, EGFR L858R lung cancer, EGFR exon 20 insertion lung cancer

EGFR-mutated lung cancer is driven by a single faulty growth receptor and is treated first with a pill rather than chemotherapy. Osimertinib keeps the disease under control for about a year and a half on average, adding chemotherapy or the antibody amivantamab extends that further, and three years of osimertinib after surgery roughly halves the risk of death in early-stage disease.